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. ALTUÐ ÖZPÝNECÝ |
| 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.
