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PHYS-F440

Quantum Field Theory II

academic year
2024-2025

Course teacher(s)

Riccardo ARGURIO (Coordinator)

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

english

Course content

Path integrals in quantum mechanics and for scalar, fermionic and vector fields. Radiative corrections: loops and divergencies. Renormalization. Energy scales and evolution of couplings. Quantum electrodynamics. Non-abelian gauge theories. Quantum chromodynamics and asymptotic freedom.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Provide a working knowledge of perturbative quantum field theory, including radiative corrections and their physical consequences.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Blackboard course. Exercise sessions.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Notes (including references to textbooks) available at https://ptm.ulb.be/riccardo-argurio/

Other information

Contacts

riccardo.argurio@ulb.be
https://ptm.ulb.be/riccardo-argurio/

Campus

Plaine

Evaluation

Method(s) of evaluation

  • Other

Other

Oral examination.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

100% oral examination

Language(s) of evaluation

  • english
  • french

Programmes