Quantum Field Theory (I)

Homeworks and Exams

Class of Dr. Kaplunovsky, Fall 2024 and Spring 2025

Navigation: Fall homeworks, Fall exams, Spring homeworks, Spring exams.

Fall 2024 Homeworks

1. Set 1, due September 4; solutions and mathematical supplement.
2. Set 2, due September 11; solutions.
3. Set 3, due September 18; solutions.
4. Set 4, due September 25; solutions.
5. Set 5, due October 2; solutions.
6. Set 6, due October 9;solutions.
7. Set 7, due October 16; solutions.
8. Set 8, due October 30; solutions.
9. Set 9, due November 6; solutions.
10. Set 10, due November 13; solutions.
11. Set 11, due November 20; solutions.
12. Set 12a, due December 4; solutions.
13. Set 12b, due December 9; solutions.

For extra challenge

1. Problem about the Casimir effect for EM fields in a narrow cavity. Assigned 9/4; Solutions.
2. In my notes on the fermionic Fock space, verify equations (28), (29), (31), and (34–35) for the relations between the wave-function and Fock-space formalisms for various operators. Assigned 10/15, no due date.

Fall 2024 Exams

• Mid-term exam, posted on October 16, due on October 23.
• Final exam, posted on December 9, due December 16.

Spring 2025 Homeworks

13. Set 13, due January 22; solutions.
14. Set 14, due January 29.

Spring 2025 Exams

• Mid-term exam should be posted in early March and due a week later.
• Final exam should be posted on the last class day and due a week later.