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Next student seminar :
Access to the program
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Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship
News : ICFP Research seminars
November 14 - 18, 2022 :
All information about the program
Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr
Theoretical Physics = compulsory
Faculty: Amir-Kian Kashani Poor
Tutor: Lucia Cordova
ECTS credits: 6
Language of instruction: English
Examination: Written
Covid-19 alternative examination: Oral exam of maximally 45 minutes per student.
The exam will cover all the topics of the lecture and tutorials
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This course will provide an introduction to quantum field theory. We will discuss the observables of quantum field theory, canonical and path integral quantization of fields of different spin, perturbation theory and its infinities, abelian and, time permitting, non-abelian gauge symmetry. The course will roughly follow the textbook “Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model” by Matthew D. Schwartz.
Prerequisites
quantum mechanics, including perturbation theory (Fermi’s golden rule, …)
special relativity, in particular the Lorentz transformation and relativistic kinematics
analytical mechanics (Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism)
complex analysis, in particular the computation of residues, and a passing familiarity with distributions (roughly at the level of the corresponding Wikipedia page entry)
You can find exams from previous years here:
2018/19
2017/18
Here’s a link to exercise sheets that have already been handed out (2019/20): exercises
Next student seminar :
Access to the program
Here you can find information about your internships:
Experimental Internship - Undergraduate program
Master ICFP first year Internship
News : ICFP Research seminars
November 14 - 18, 2022 :
All information about the program
Contact us - Student support and Graduate School office :
Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr