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

• 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

• 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

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: 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.

• The lecture notes will be uploaded prior to each lecture

• 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.

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.