Physics

PHYS4953Introduction to Quantum Field Theory3 ch (3C)

Content. Relativistic quantum mechanics. The negative energy problem. Classical field theory, symmetries and Noether's theorem. Free field theory and Fock space quantization. The interacting field: LSZ reduction formula, Wick's theorem, Green's functions, and Feynman diagrams. Introduction to Quantum electrodynamics and renormalization. This course is cross-listed as MATH 4443. Credit cannot be obtained for both Math 4443 and PHYS 4953. 

Prerequisites: MATH 3003 , PHYS 3351 , MATH 3463/PHYS 3912 and one of MATH 3043 , 3503 , PHYS 2312 , 3331 , or permission of the instructor.