Relativistic Quantum Field Theory III
The third and last term of the quantum field theory sequence. Its aim is the proper theoretical discussion of the physics of the standard model. Topics: quantum chromodynamics; Higgs phenomenon and a description of the standard model; deep-inelastic scattering and structure functions; basics of lattice gauge theory; operator products and effective theories; detailed structure of the standard model; spontaneously broken gauge theory and its quantization; instantons and theta-vacua; topological defects; introduction to supersymmetry.
Spring 2007
This course is the third and last term of the quantum field theory sequence. Its aim is the proper theoretical discussion of the physics of the standard model. Topics include: quantum chromodynamics; the Higgs phenomenon and a description of the standard model; deep-inelastic scattering and structure functions; basics of lattice gauge theory; operator products and effective theories; detailed structure of the standard model; spontaneously broken gauge theory and its quantization; instantons and theta-vacua; topological defects; introduction to supersymmetry.
Readings
- Weinberg, Steven. The Quantum Theory of Fields . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521670531.
- ———. The Quantum Theory of Fields. Vol. II. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN: 9780521670548.
- Pokorski, Stefan. Gauge Field Theories (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1987. ISBN: 9780521265379.
- Zee, A. Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell . Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780691010199.
- Donoghue, John F., Eugene Golowich, and Barry R. Holstein. Dynamics of the Standard Model (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Cosmology). Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN: 9780521362887.
- Cheng, Ta-Pei, and Ling-Fong Li. Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics . Oxford Science Publications. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1988. ISBN: 9780198519614.
- Collins, John C. Renormalization: An Introduction to Renormalization, the Renormalization Group, and the Operator-Product Expansion (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780521242615.
- Ellis, R. K., W. J. Stirling, and B. R. Webber. QCD and Collider Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics, and Cosmology). Vol. 8. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ISBN: 9780521581899.
- Coleman, Sidney. Aspects of Symmetry: Selected Erice Lectures of Sidney Coleman . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1985. ISBN: 9780521267069.
- Creutz, Michael. Quarks, Gluons, and Lattices (Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics) . Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], UK: Cambridge University Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780521244053.
- LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Faddeev-Popov procedure · READINGS: Peskin, review 9.4 and 16.2.
- Weinberg vol. 2, chapter 18.
- Peskin, chapter 12.
- Pokorski, chapter 6, pp. 138-144.
- Weinberg, chapter 19, especially 19.1 and 19.2.
- Georgi, chapter 5.
- Coleman, chapter 5.
- Donoghue, et al., chapters XV and XVI.
- Peskin, chapter 19.1-19.5.
- Weinberg, chapter 23.
- Coleman, chapter 7.
- Ellis, Sterling, and Weber, chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4.
- Ellis, et al., chapter 4.
- Confinement: Original articles by ’t Hooft which are reprinted in the book “ Under the Spell of the Gauge Principle ”.
- Also Chapter 19 of the book by Smilga.
- SU(5): Cheng and Li, chapter 14.
- The required textbook is:
Spring 2003
This is the third and last term of the quantum field theory sequence. The course is devoted to the standard model of particle physics, including both its conceptual foundations and its specific structure, and to some current research frontiers that grow immediately out of it.
Readings
- Peskin, M., and D. Schroeder. An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1 June 1995. ISBN: 9780201503975.
- Cheng, Ta-Pei, and Ling-Fong Li. Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics. Clarendon: Oxford University Press, 1984. ISBN: 9780198519560.
- ———. Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics: Problems and Solutions. 1st ed. UK: Oxford University Press, 1 May 2000. ISBN: 9780198506218.
- Aitchison, I., and A. Hey. Gauge Theories in Particle Physics. UK: Oxford University Press, 1 September 1988. ISBN: 9780198519614.
- Ellis, R., W. Stirling, and B. Webber. QCD and Collider Physics. Cambridge University Press, 24 October 1996. ISBN: 9780521581899.
Prerequisites & course information
Prereq: 8.324 G (Spring) 4-0-8 units
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2007
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- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OpenCourseWare ↗Spring 2003
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
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- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.