Monday, | 8:15 - 11:00 | N24/251 |
First lecture: Monday, October 14, 8:15-11:00 (N24/251)
Lecture: W.P. Schleich
Tutorials: M. Tschaffon and A. Wolf
Monday, | 8:15 - 11:00 | N24/251 |
First lecture: Monday, October 14, 8:15-11:00 (N24/251)
Friday, | 10:15 - 12:00 | O25/306 |
Exercise sheets will be provided via Moodle.
Whereas the first course of quantum mechanics focuses on developing the concepts and the formalism of non-relativistic quantum mechanics, the course “Relativistic Quantum Electrodynamics“ addresses relativistic quantum field theory and, in particular, quantum electrodynamics.
Relativistic wave equations
Klein-Gordon-equation
Dirac-equation
Spinors
Gauge invariance
Quantization of the electromagnetic field
Interaction of an electron with the electromagnetic field
Dyson-series and time ordering
S-matrix
Feynman-diagrams
Evaluation of Feynman diagrams and renormalization
Mass- and charge renormalization
Electron self-energy
Vaccum-polarization
Lecture notes will be provided in the lectures.
1.) Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Field Theory
Claude Itzykson, Jean-Bernard Zuber - Quantum Field Theory (Dover Books on Physics, 2006)
Frantz Mandl, Graham Shaw – Quantum Field Theory (Wiley, 2010)
Freeman J. Dyson - Advanced Quantum Mechanics (World Scientific Publishing, 2003)
James D. Bjorken, Sidney D. Drell – Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (Mc-Graw-Hill, 1964)
Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder – An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Frontiers in Physics, CRC Press, 2015)
Tom Lancaster – Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur (Oxford University Press, 2015)
Matthew D. Schwartz – Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
2.) Classical Relativistic Field Theory
A. O. Barut – Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields & Particles (Dover Books on Physics, 1980)
3.) Quantum Mechanics
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Bernard Diu, Frank Laloe - Quantum Mechanics, Vol. I and II (Wiley, 1977)