PHYS-6456: 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 guage theories; and elements of electro-weak theory.

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Course Hours: 3 credits

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