Prequel/pre-requisite: Quantum Field Theory (MT)
24 lectures.
Areas: PT.
Sequels: The Standard Model (TT), Beyond the Standard Model (TT)
Link to submit your problem sheets:
Hadleigh Frost's class: https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/6RtdDYjfSkjKy73
Alexander Ochirov's class: https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/PmHa5ALbzDtkf3i
Sirui Ning's class: https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/9yf7y7M4sbsRFtt
Ludovic Scyboz's class: https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/o3pcmCQHxFRKsp2
Melissa van Beekveld's class: https://cloud.maths.ox.ac.uk/index.php/s/3RB3Q3ZtoGMGpTQ
Dr Lucian Harland Lang
Invigilated written examination in TT
Scalar QED: local gauge symmetry, path integrals, photon propagator, derivation of Feynman rules, radiative corrections. Fermions: spinors, Dirac equation, fermion propagator, derivation of Feynman rules, trace theorems and spinor technology. QED: symmetries and Feynman rules, scattering processes, radiative corrections and beta function. QCD and non-abelian gauge theory: introduction, gauge-fixing, Feynman rules, scattering processes, radiative corrections and beta function, BRST. Spontaneous symmetry breaking: global symmetries, abelian gauge symmetry, non-abelian gauge symmetry. The Standard Model: electroweak symmetry breaking and the Higgs mechanism, brief overview of particle content and interactions.