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PHYS-6455: Advanced Quantum Theory

Description: Classical field theory; Noethers theorem and symmetries; second quantization and many-body formalism; free quantum Klein-Gordon, Dirac, and Maxwell fields; and interacting fields, S-matrix and covariant perturbation theory. Feynman diagrams; quantum electrodynamics; renormalization; path-integral formulation; non-Abelian gauge theories; and elements of electro-weak theory.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-5354 and PHYS-5456 and PHYS-5406

Required By: PHYS-6456

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 1

Average GPA: 4.00 (rounds to A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 100.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

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