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Curriculum listed in chronological order (parenthesis means that only that part of the subsection which was covered in the lectures is required):

6.1-3, 7.1, 7.5, 9.1-(6), 11.1, 11.3, 11.5-(6), 15.1-2, 15.4, 16.1-2, 20.1-2, 12.1-3

Homework: The Monday sessions in April will be devoted to functional determinants and statistical mechanics.

Homework: Next Monday session is March 10, 10:15 - 12:00, and is devoted to Exercise 7.3 (p.257 in textbook).

No lectures:

Easter holiday: March 17 - 24 (both dates inclusive).

Mid-term break: March 31 - April 4 (both dates inclusive).

Exercise sessions will take place on designated Mondays 10:15-12:00 in room ?443A. First session: Monday 11.02.2008: Exercise 6.3 (p.210) in textbook.

Homework exercises: These are central to the development of the material, but are probably more demanding than you are used to from previous courses at this institution. Even a failed attempt at doing them will greatly enhance your appreciation of the subtlety of the subject, and as we discuss their solutions in the Monday colloquia (10:15 - 12:00) they will deepen your understanding of quantum field theory. There is absolutely no substitute for actually doing, or trying to do, the exercises! This is the only way to fully activate your wetware.

Monday 11.02.2008: Exercise 6.3 (p.210 in textbook)

Monday 25.02.2008: Excercise 7.2 (p. 257 in textbook)

Final exam: Oral examination at a time to be determined. Letter grade. (Pass/fail for FYS 9120.)

Curriculum: All material covered in the lectures. These will cover as much as possible of the un-starred material in Chapters 6-20 in the textbook: M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. A more detailed list will be compiled as we go along, starting now. The numbers refer to (sub-)chapters in the textbook:

( o = orientation material = background reading = useful, but not exam relevant)

( l = lectured, and therefore exam relevant)

• Week 3: Organizational meeting
• Week 4: General introduction to QFT; Interactions in the Lagrangian formalism and loop corrections (6.1(o))
• Week 5: Formal structure of the electron vertex function in QED (symmetry constraints) (6.2(l))
• Week 6: Cal...

Lecture times: Wednesday and Friday 10:15 - 12:00 (in English)

Monday 10:15 - 12:00 may also be used as/if the need arises.

First lecture: Friday 18.01.2008

Next lecture: Wednesday 23.01.2008

Textbook: M.E. Peskin and D.V Schroeder: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (latest ed.) (Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.)

This was ordered Nov.11, 2007, but is not in the bookshop (Academika). They hope to have it within a week.

Assumes familiarity with the basic 5 chapters (Feynman diagrams of QED at tree level). We will start with chapter 6 on radiative corrrections.