====== Einführung in die Theoretische Teilchenphysik ====== ** Prof. Dr. Kirill Melnikov ** ** Dr. Christian Broennum-Hansen ** ** Dr. Matthieu Jaquier ** Institut für Theoretische Teilchenphysik (TTP) \\ Campus Süd, Geb. 30.23 \\ Wolfgang-Gaede-Strasse 1 \\ 76131 Karlsruhe \\ E-Mail: vorname.nachname@kit.edu ====== Topics ====== * Path integrals in Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory * Quantisation of a scalar field * Casimir force * Gauge invariance * Spontaneous symmetry breaking * Higgs mechanism and mass generation * Greens functions in field theory * Feynman diagrams * Standard Model ====== Literature ====== * A. Zee -- Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell * M. Böhm, A. Denner, H. Joos -- Gauge Theories of the Strong and Electroweak Interaction * R. Casalbuoni -- Introduction to Quantum Field Theory * D. Griffiths -- Introduction to Elementary Particles * F. Halzen, A.D. Martin -- Quarks and Leptons: An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics * D.H. Perkins -- Introduction to High Energy Physics * M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder -- An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory * M.D. Schwartz -- Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model ====== Organisation ====== **Lecture** * Monday, 9:45-11:15 (starting from 14.10.2019), Building 30.22 Physik-Hörsaal Nr. 4 (Kl. HS B) * Wednesday, 14:00-15:30 (starting from 16.10.2019), Building 30.22 Physik-Hörsaal Nr. 4 (Kl. HS B) Note that the Wednesday lecture takes place only every second week. **Tutorials** * Tuesday, 9:45-11:15, Physics highrise room 12/1 * Wednesday, 9:45-11:15, Physics highrise room 12/1 There are no tutorials in the first semester week. **Registration to tutorials** Write an email to Dr. M. Jaquier before 21.10.2019 Distribution of students across the tutorials: {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:participant_list.pdf| Participant list}} **Passing thresholds** The course exists in two versions, V3U2 with 10 ECTS points and V3U1 with 8 ECTS points, respectively. In order to obtain the respective points, one has to achieve a certain percentage of all possible points in the exercises: * V3U2 : 80% of all points * V3U1 : 40% of all points **Certificates** Certificates for this course can be obtained from office 11/08 from Monday 10th February. ====== Lectures ====== *The lecture notes will be uploaded prior to each lecture ^ Date ^ Lecture ^ Topic ^ |Mo. 14.10 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture1.pdf| Lecture 1}} | Path integral in Quantum Mechanics | |Mi. 16.10 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture1.pdf| Lecture 1}} | Path integral in Quantum Mechanics | |Mo. 21.10 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture2.pdf| Lecture 2}} | With the path integral to field theory | |Mo. 28.10 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture3.pdf| Lecture 3}} | Canonical quantization, particles | |Mi. 30.10 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture3.pdf| Lecture 3}} | Canonical quantization, particles | |Mo. 04.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture4.pdf| Lecture 4}} | The Casimir force | |Mo. 11.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture5.pdf| Lecture 5}} | Symmetries | |Mi. 13.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture6.pdf| Lecture 6}} | Gauge invariance: the abelian case and the electromagnetic field| |Mi. 20.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture7.pdf| Lecture 7}} | Gauge invariance: the non-abelian case | |Mo. 25.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture8.pdf| Lecture 8}} | Spontaneous symmetry breaking, Goldstone effect | |Mi. 27.11 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture9.pdf| Lecture 9}} | Higgs mechanism and mass generation | |Mo. 02.12 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture10.pdf| Lecture 10}} | The Dirac Lagrangian | |Mo. 09.12 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture11.pdf| Lecture 11}} | Spin-statistics connection | |Mi. 11.12 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture11.pdf| Lecture 11}} | Spin-statistics connection | |Mo. 16.12 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture12.pdf| Lecture 12}} | The Standard Model of particle physics | |Mi. 18.12 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture12.pdf| Lecture 12}} | The Standard Model of particle physics | |Mi. 08.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture13.pdf| Lecture 13}} | An "alternative" Standard Model | |Mo. 13.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture14.pdf| Lecture 14}} | Green's functions | |Mi. 15.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture15.pdf| Lecture 15}} | Green's functions and the path integral. Forces. | |Mo. 20.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture15.pdf| Lecture 15}} | Green's functions and the path integral. Forces. | |Mo. 27.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture16.pdf| Lecture 16}} | Green's functions and Feynman diagrams | |Mi. 29.01 | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:lecture16.pdf| Lecture 16}} | Green's functions and Feynman diagrams | |Mo. 03.02 | Lecture 18 || ====== Exercise Sheets ====== *The sheets are published every Friday. Please be aware of possible 'Errata' after publication. *Note that the first sheet is published on Monday, 14.10. *The solutions have to be handed in until Friday of the next week at 12:00. Solutions in groups are not allowed. *The solutions can be handed in the letter-box at the ground floor of the physics high-rise. *Discussion of the sheets is during the tutorials. ^ Sheet ^ Publication ^ Hand-in ^Discussion in tutorials ^ | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet01.pdf| Sheet 1}} | Mo. 14.10 | Fr. 18.10 | Di. 22.10 / Mi. 23.10 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet02.pdf| Sheet 2}} | Fr. 18.10 | Fr. 25.10 | Di. 29.10 / Mi. 30.10 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet03.pdf| Sheet 3}} | Fr. 25.10 | Do. 31.10, 18:00 | Di. 05.11 / Mi. 06.11 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet04.pdf| Sheet 4}} | Fr. 01.11 | Fr. 08.11 | Di. 12.11 / Mi. 13.11 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet05.pdf| Sheet 5}} | Fr. 08.11 | Fr. 15.11 | Di. 19.11 / Mi. 20.11 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet06.pdf| Sheet 6}} | Fr. 15.11 | Fr. 22.11 | Di. 26.11 / Mi. 27.11 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet07.pdf| Sheet 7}} | Fr. 22.11 | Fr. 29.11 | Di. 03.12 / Mi. 04.12 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet08.pdf| Sheet 8}} | Fr. 29.11 | Fr. 06.12 | Di. 10.12 / Mi. 11.12 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet09.pdf| Sheet 9}} | Fr. 06.11 | Fr. 13.12 | Di. 17.12 / Mi. 18.12 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet10.pdf| Sheet 10}} | Fr. 13.12 | Fr. 20.12 | Di. 07.01 / Mi. 08.01 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet11.pdf| Sheet 11}} | Fr. 20.12 | Fr. 10.01 | Di. 14.01 / Mi. 15.01 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet12.pdf| Sheet 12}} | Fr. 10.01 | Fr. 17.01 | Di. 21.01 / Mi. 22.01 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet13.pdf| Sheet 13}} | Fr. 17.01 | Fr. 24.01 | Di. 28.01 / Mi. 29.01 | | {{:courses:ws2019:ettp:sheet14.pdf| Sheet 14}} | Fr. 24.01 | Fr. 31.01 | Di. 04.02 / Mi. 05.02 | Errata: * Sheet 2, exercise 4b : Eq. (4.3) does not contain the mass. * Sheet 3, exercise 7b : The shift Eq. (7.1) is to be performed only on the H.O. Lagrangian, Eq. (7.4). In Eq. (7.6) the mass multiplies the whole expression. * Sheet 6, exercise 2f : The explicit expressions for the Pauli Matrices are not needed.