General
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- Lecturer: Profile: Christopher Couzens
- Lecturer: Profile: Lionel Mason
Course information
General prerequisites:
Quantum Field Theory (MT), General Relativity I
(MT) and General Relativity II. Advanced Quantum Field Theory and a course on differential geometry will be helpful but not essential.
(MT) and General Relativity II. Advanced Quantum Field Theory and a course on differential geometry will be helpful but not essential.
Course term: Trinity
Course lecture information: 16 lectures
Course weight: 1
Learning outcomes:
Students will be able to formulate classical and quantum field theories in curved space-time including an understanding of global features.
Course synopsis:
This course builds on the courses in quantum field theory and general relativity. It will focus on classical and quantum aspects of fields in curved space-time. The course will consist of the following topics: Classical fields in curved space, Quantization in curved space, Quantum fields in (Anti) de Sitter space, Quantum fields in Rindler space and the Unruh effect, Hawking radiation, Black hole thermodynamics and the Hawking-Page phase transition, Interactions in curved space-time, Quantum field theory and cosmology.
Section outline
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Lectures:
The lectures take place in week 1 - 4 of Trinity term on
Mondays 11AM - 1PM (Week 1-3 in L5, Week 4 in L3)
Wednesdays 11AM - 1PM (Week 1-3 in L5, Week 4 in L3)Tutorial:
The tutorials take place in Room C5, week 3, 4 and 5
Tuesdays 4PM - 6PMDeadline for problem sheets:
The deadline to hand in solutions is on Sunday at 11:59PM the week before the tutorial takes place.Evaluation criteria:
Homework completion. To pass the course, you must pass each problem sheet by completing at least 50% of the graded problems. Late submissions are not accepted unless justified by a valid reason, and never after the corresponding tutorial has taken place. -