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Advanced Physics
RESEARCH
12 units

Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques)

Classical fields, quantization, path integrals, propagators, perturbation theory, symmetries, gauge fields, renormalization, and effective field theories.

12 units18 hoursRESEARCH
Open student course

Published syllabus

Course Units

Unit 1
90 min

Why fields are necessary

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 2
90 min

Classical field theory and actions

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 3
90 min

Canonical quantization of scalar fields

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 4
90 min

Fermionic fields and spin-statistics

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 5
90 min

Path integrals

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 6
90 min

Propagators and Green functions

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 7
90 min

Perturbation theory and Feynman rules

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 8
90 min

Symmetries and Noether currents

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 9
90 min

Gauge fields

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 10
90 min

Renormalization

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 11
90 min

Effective field theory

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives
Unit 12
90 min

QFT in condensed matter and quantum simulation

Admin-authored unit for Quantum Field Theory (Foundations & Techniques).

Course notes
3 objectives