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PHYS2300
Quantum Theory of Fields I
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  • Lagrangian field theory
  • Free and interacting fields
  • Soluble and semi-soluble models; renormalization
  • Level shift, bremsstrahlung and scattering calculations in quantum electrodynamics.

    Required Textbook:

    An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder

    Recommended Textbooks:

    • Quantum Field Theory, L.H. Ryder
    • Quantum Theory of Fields, S. Weinberg
    • Quantum Field Theory, L.S. Brown
    • Quantum Field Theory, C. Itzykson & J.-B. Zuber
    • Quantum Field Theory, F. Mandl & G. Shaw
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