Course Identification

Title:

Quantum field theory 2

Code:

20221061

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Adam Schwimmer, Prof. Micha Berkooz

TA's:

Dr. Tomer Solberg

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2022

Semester:

First Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 11:15 - 13:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A
Wednesday, 11:15 - 13:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm A

First Lecture:

03/11/2021

End date:

18/03/2022

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Regular; 5.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Lecture; 5.00 points

Comments

First lecture- 3/11/2021

Prerequisites

QFTI

Restrictions

Participants:

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

50%

Final:

50%

Evaluation Type

Examination

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

20/02/2022

Location

Weissman, Seminar Rm A,Weissman, Seminar Rm B

Time

1000-1200

Remarks

N/A

Scheduled date 2

Date / due date

13/03/2022

Location

N/A

Time

1000-1200

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

8

Syllabus

1. The Continuum Limit.Renormalization Group.Lattice Gauge Theory.

2. Gauge Fixing.The BRS Symmetry.The Renormalization of Yang-Mills Theory.

3. Composite Operators.Osborn Equation. Conformal Invariance.

4. Solitons.Instantons.

5. Perturbative Anomalies.Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking.'t Hooft Anomaly Matching.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Carry out perturbative computations in field theories
Being able to follow recent developments in nonperturbative aspects

Reading List

TBA

Website

N/A