PHYS 582

PHYS 582 - General Field Theory

Fall 2024

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
General Field TheoryPHYS582A30717LEC41430 - 1550 M W  276 Loomis Laboratory  Rob Leigh

Official Description

Standard techniques of field theory as used by experimenters and theorists; relativistic quantum mechanics of a single particle; Lagrangian field theories, perturbation theory, and calculation of lowest-order processes; introduction to Feynman diagrams and higher order processes; examples taken from quantum electrodynamics, solid-state and elementary particle physics, and many-body theory. Course Information: Prerequisite: PHYS 581.