Academic Catalog

PHYS541 QUANTUM FIELD THEORY I

Course Code: 2300541
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Physics
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. NAMIK KEMAL PAK
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Classical field theory. Canonical quantization of Klein-Gordon, Dirac and Maxwell fields. Interacting fields, perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams. Elementary processes of quantum electrodynamics. Radiative corrections. Divergences, regularization and renormalization.