quantum field theory I

		Study programme 2019-2020	Français
		quantum field theory I
		Learning Activity

Code	Lecturer(s)	Associate Lecturer(s)	Subsitute Lecturer(s) et other(s)	Establishment
S-PHYS-049	BOULANGER Nicolas			Université de Mons

Language of instruction	Language of assessment	HT(*)	HTPE(*)	HTPS(*)	HR(*)	HD(*)	Term
Français	Français	30	20	0	0	0	Q1

Organisational online arrangements for the end of Q3 2019-2020 assessments (Covid-19)
Written exam (multiple choice, open questions) Oral exam (questions and answers, presentation of individual or group work, comment and argument about a written text...)
Description of the modifications to the Q3 2019-2020 online assessment procedures (Covid-19)
The examinations will be both written and oral. The students will receive some short questions to be answered and uploaded via a single pdf file on the Teams conversation with the teacher. The students will have 1 hour to reply to the questions. Then, on the basis of the pdf files with the solutions to the problems, a discussion will take place between each student and the teacher, so as to test the knowledge of the course.

Content of Learning Activity

Lorentz and Poincaré groups. Classification of the unitary irreducible representations of the Poincaré group. Variational principles in Relativistic Field Theory: Klein-Gordon, Dirac, Maxwell, Fierz-Pauli and Fronsdal field equations. Gauge invariances and rigid symmetries. Relativistic Hydrogen atom. Noether theorem in Field Theory. Canonical quantization of free fields of spin less than two. Method of Dirac for constained systems. Propagators, Wick theorem. Time-dependent perturbation theory for the scattering S matrix. Reduction formula. Feynmann rules for quantum electrodynamics.

Required Learning Resources/Tools

Lectures given at the blackboard.

Recommended Learning Resources/Tools

None