Quantum Field Theory

Homeworks and Tests

Class of Dr. Kaplunovsky

All assignments and solutions linked to this page are in TeX-generated PDF format.

Fall 2007, QFT 1 (PHY 396 K class)

Homework assignments

1. Set 1, due September 11; solutions.
2. Set 2, due September 18; solutions.
3. Set 3, due September 25; solutions.
4. Set 4, due October 2; solutions .
5. Set 5, due October 11; mathematical supplement: the saddle point method; solutions.
6. Set 6, due October 16; solutions.
7. Set 7, due October 23; solutions.
8. In lieu of set 8, a reading assignment, due November 6:
   1. My notes on Spin-Statistics Theorem;
   2. Peskin & Schroeder textbook, §4.5, on scattering cross-sections, decay rates, and transition matrix elements.
9. Set 9: Problems 4.2 and 4.3 of the Peskin & Schroeder textbook, due November 13; solutions.
   Note: Part of problem 4.3(d) was solved in homework set 4 (problem 1).
10. Set 10, due November 20; solutions.
11. Set 11, due November 29; solutions.
12. Set 12, due December 6; solutions.

Exams

• Mid-term exam, due October 30.
• End-term exam, due December 13, 5PM.
  UPDATE (12/7, 22:45): Fixed an error in eq. (2).

Supplementary Notes

• The saddle point method.
• Spin-Statistics Theorem.
• Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams.
• Momentum space Feynman rules.
• Annihilation in QED.