08.128.809 Theoretische Elementarteilchenphysik

Lehrende/r: Carlo Pagani

Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung/Übung

Anzeige im Stundenplan: 08.128.809

Semesterwochenstunden: 4

Credits: 6,0

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches:
Prerequisites:
Electromagnetism (Theo 2), quantum mechanics (Theo 3 & 5), quantum field theory (Theo 6a).

Students are expected to understand the basics of Feynman diagrams, calculation of matrix elements for scattering processes involving fermions, scalars, and vectors, Wick rotation, and Gaussian integrals.

Inhalt:
Topics:

path integral formalism;

generating functional and correlation functions;

renormalization;

renormalization in QED;

renormalization group;

non-Abelian gauge theories;

quantum chromodynamics (QCD);

spontaneous symmetry breaking;

Higgs mechanism;

standard model of particle physics.

Empfohlene Literatur:
Primary references:

Michael Peskin, Daniel Schroeder
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
Westview Press, 1995, ISBN 0-201-50397-2.

Matthew D Schwartz
Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model
Cambridge University Press, 2013, ISBN: 1107034736.

Further references and material will be given during the course.