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Particle Physics
RESEARCH
12 units

Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)

Dirac spinors, U(1) gauge symmetry, quantized electromagnetic fields, electron-photon vertices, scattering, Ward identities, loops, and precision tests.

12 units18 hoursRESEARCH
Open student course

Published syllabus

Course Units

Unit 1
90 min

Relativistic wave equations

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 2
90 min

Dirac spinors and gamma matrices

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 3
90 min

Electromagnetic gauge symmetry

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 4
90 min

Quantizing the electromagnetic field

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 5
90 min

Electron-photon vertex

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 6
90 min

Feynman rules and scattering amplitudes

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 7
90 min

Compton, Moller, and Bhabha processes

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 8
90 min

Ward identities

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 9
90 min

Loops and vacuum polarization

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 10
90 min

Renormalization and running alpha

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 11
90 min

Precision tests of QED

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 12
90 min

QED in materials, cavities, and quantum optics

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Electrodynamics (QED).

Course notes
3 objectives