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Quantum field theory; from basics to modern topics

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  • Basics of Quantum Field Theory

    • Special relativity

    • Free scalar fields, Mode decomposition

    • Interacting scalar fields

    • LSZ reduction formulas

    • From transition amplitudes to reaction rates

    • Generating functional

    • Perturbative expansion and Feynman rules

    • Calculation of loop integrals

    • Källen-Lehmann spectral representation

    • Ultraviolet divergences and renormalization

    • Spin 1/2 fields

    • Spin 1 fields

    • Abelian gauge invariance, QED

    • Charge conservation, Ward-Takahashi identities

    • Spontaneous symmetry breaking

    • Perturbative unitarity

  • Functional quantization

    • Path integral in quantum mechanics

    • Classical limit, Least action principle

    • More functional machinery

    • Path integral in scalar field theory

    • Functional determinants

    • Quantum effective action

    • Two-particle irreducible effective action

    • Euclidean path integral and Statistical mechanics

  • Path integrals for fermions and photons

    • Grassmann variables

    • Path integral for fermions

    • Path integral for photons

    • Schwinger-Dyson equations

    • Quantum anomalies

  • Non-Abelian gauge symmetry

    • Non-abelian Lie groups and algebras

    • Yang-Mills Lagrangian

    • Non-Abelian gauge theories

    • Spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking

    • theta-term and strong-CP problem

    • Non-local gauge invariant operators

  • Quantization of Yang-Mills theory

    • Introduction

    • Gauge fixing

    • Fadeev-Popov quantization and Ghost fields

    • Feynman rules for non-abelian gauge theories

    • On-shell non-Abelian Ward identities

    • Ghosts and unitarity

  • Renormalization of gauge theories

    • Ultraviolet power counting

    • Symmetries of the quantum effective action

    • Renormalizability

    • Background field method

  • Renormalization group

    • Callan-Symanzik equations

    • Correlators containing composite operators

    • Operator product expansion

    • Example: QCD corrections to weak decays

    • Non-perturbative renormalization group

  • Effective field theories

    • General principles of effective theories

    • Example: Fermi theory of weak decays

    • Standard model as an effective field theory

    • Effective theories in QCD

    • EFT of spontaneous symmetry breaking

  • Quantum anomalies

    • Axial anomalies in a gauge background

    • Generalizations

    • Wess-Zumino consistency conditions

    • 't Hooft anomaly matching

    • Scale anomalies

  • Localized field configurations

    • Domain walls

    • Skyrmions

    • Monopoles

    • Instantons

  • Modern tools for tree level amplitudes

    • Shortcomings of the usual approach

    • Colour ordering of gluonic amplitudes

    • Spinor-helicity formalism

    • Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten on-shell recursion

    • Tree-level gravitational amplitudes

    • Cachazo-Svrcek-Witten rules

  • Worldline formalism

    • Worldline representation

    • Quantum electrodynamics

    • Schwinger mechanism

    • Calculation of one-loop amplitudes

  • Lattice field theory

    • Discretization of bosonic actions

    • Fermions

    • Hadron mass determination on the lattice

    • Wilson loops and confinement

    • Gauge fixing on the lattice

    • Lattice worldline formalism

  • Quantum field theory at finite temperature

    • Canonical thermal ensemble

    • Finite-T perturbation theory

    • Large distance effective theories

    • Out-of-equilibrium systems

  • Strong fields and semi-classical methods

    • Introduction

    • Expectation values in a coherent state

    • Quantum field theory with external sources

    • Observables at LO and NLO

    • Green's formulas

    • Mode functions

    • Multi-point correlation functions at tree level

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