Ph 205 Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
This
is a 3-quarter course covering basic quantum field theory, including
QED,
renormalization, path-integrals, and Yang-Mills theory.
Textbooks
Required: Mark Srednicki, Quantum Field Theory,
Recommended: Peskin and Schroeder, An
Introduction
to
Quantum
Field
Theory, Addison-Wesley; Steven
Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of
Fields, vols. 1,2,
Cambridge University Press.
My office is 451 Lauritsen. My office hour is on Tuesday, 1-2 p.m.
TA: Denis Bashkirov, 404 Downs. Denis’s office hour is on Thursday, 6-8
p.m.
There will be no exams; instead there will be a homework problem set
each week.
It will be posted on this website each Friday and will be due a week
later.
Homework should be given directly to the TA or left in his mailbox. The
TA will produce solution sets;
you will find them outside of my office. Graded homework will be placed
there
as well. Grading will be done on the basis of the homework. If you need
an
extension, you should ask me in advance; without an extension late
homework
will not be graded.
Fall quarter
Week 1 (due Oct. 9) Week 2 (due Oct. 16) Week 3 (due Oct. 23) Week 4 (due Oct. 30) Week 5 (due Nov. 6)
Week 6 (due Nov. 13) Week 7 (due Nov. 20) Week 8 (due Nov. 27) Week 9 (due Dec. 7)
Winter quarter
Week 1 (due Jan. 15) Week 2 - no HW Week 3 (due Jan. 29) -extra large HW Week 4 (due Feb. 5) Week 5 (due Feb. 12)
Week 6 (due Feb. 19) Week 7 (due Feb. 26) Week 8 (due March 5) Week 9 (due March 12)
Spring quarter
Week 1 (due April 9) Week 2 (due April 16) Week 3 - no HW Week 4 (due April 30) Week 5 (due May 7)
Week 6 (due May 14) Week 7 - no HW