Quantum Field Theory

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Fall 2012, QFT 1 (PHY 396 K class)

Homework assignments

  1. Set 1, due September 11; solutions to problems 1 and 2, problem 3 postponed to next homework.
  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 9; solutions.
  6. Set 6, due October 16; solutions.
  7. Set 7, due October 25 (Thursday); solutions.
  8. Set 8, due November 8; solutions.
  9. Set 9, due November 15 (Thursday); solutions.
  10. In lieu of Set 10, a reading assignment:
    §4.5 of the Peskin and Schroeder textbook about relation between the transition matrix elements M and the scattering cross sections or decay rates of unstable particles.
    Due November 20.
  11. Set 11: Problems 4.2 and 4.3 of the Peskin & Schroeder textbook, due November 29 (Thursday); solutions.
  12. Set 12, due December 6 (Thursday, last class);

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Spring 2013, QFT 2 (PHY 39L K class)

Homework assignments

  1. Set 13, due January 24; solutions.
  2. In lieu of set 14, read about the Optical Theorem in §3.6 of Weinberg and in §7.3 of Peskin and Schroeder; due January 31.
  3. Set 15, due February 7; solutions.
  4. Set 16, due February 14. A reading assignment and an easy exercise, both from the Peskin & Schroeder textbook:
    1. Study the two-loop example of nested divergences in §10.5. Please read carefully, it's a hard calculation.
    2. Solve problem 10.2, part (a); solutions.
  5. Set 17, due February 21; solutions.
  6. Set 18, due February 28; solutions.
  7. Set 19, due March 7; solutions.
  8. Set 20, due March 21; solutions.
  9. Set 21, due April 4; solutions.
  10. Set 22, due April 11; solutions.
  11. Set 23, due April 18; solutions.
  12. Set 24, due April 25; solutions.
  13. Set 25, due May 2; solutions.

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Last Modified: May 2, 2013.
Vadim Kaplunovsky
vadim@physics.utexas.edu