Quantum Field Theory II, Spring 2020

Lecture 1 Outline and review, Path-integral formulation for Dirac and gauge fields

Lecture 2 Effective actions, QFT and Statistical mechanics

Lecture 3 Renormalization of QFTs and counter-terms

Lecture 4 Wilsonian effective action and Callan-Symanzik equation

Lecture 5 Wilson-Fisher fixed point and Coleman-Weinberg potential

Lecture 6 Lie groups/algebras and Yang-Mills theory

Lecture 7 Quantization of Yang-Mills theory

Lecture 8 Asymptotic freedom, dimensional transmutation, mass gap and Wilson loop

Lecture 9 Chiral anomaly, anomaly cancellation in chiral gauge theory

Lecture 10 Spontaneous symmetry breaking, chiral symmetry breaking, Higgs mechanism

Lecture 11 Brief history of particle physics and electroweak theory

Lecture 12 Electroweak theory continued, CP violation and CKM matrix

Lecture 13 Neutrino physics and QCD scattering

Lecture 14 Parton model and DGLAP equations