News:
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Problem Sheet 7 published, see below.
From 13 June, please switch to the updated copy of this page at
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And here are the slides.pdf of the lectures of the first week.
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Termine/Dates (and Locations)
Vorlesungen/Lectures
Wed 11:15-12:45, IPT, Brüderstr. 16, Room 114 (1st floor)
Thu 13:30-15:00, ITP, Brüderstr. 16, Room 114 (1st floor)
Übungen/Exercise Class
Mon 09:15-10:45 , ITP, Brüderstr. 16, Room 114 (starts 11 Apr.)
Content:
The lecture will start with Quantum Field Theory (QFT) on Minkowski spacetime
and discuss the relevant concepts and results. The second half will give an introduction
to QFT on curved spacetimes and applications.
Topics include:
quantum fields and particles
the mathematical framework of QFT
spin and statistics, PCT
models of quantum fields
concepts of locality and covariance
Hawking effect
semi-classical gravity
QFT and cosmological inflation
Empfehlenswerte Literatur/Recommended Literature:
E.M. Henley, W. Thirring: Elementary Quantum Field Theory, McGraw-Hill, 1962
R.F. Streater, A.S. Wightman: PCT, Spin and Statistics, and All That, Princeton University Press, 1980 (original edition: W.A. Benjamin, 1964)
R. Haag: Local Quantum Physics, Springer-Verlag, 1996
O. Steinmann: Perturbative Quantum Electrodynamics and Axiomatic Field Theory, Springer-Verlag, 2000
R.M. Wald, Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes and Black Hole Thermodynamics, University of Chicago Press, 1994
R. Brunetti, C. Dappiaggi, K. Fredenhagen, J. Yngvason, Editors: Advances in Algebraic Quantum Field Theory, Springer-Verlag, 2015
C. Bär, N. Ginoux, F. Pfäffle: Wave Equations on Lorentzian Manifolds and Quantization. EMS, 2007
T.-P. Hack: Cosmological Applications of Algebraic Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes, Springer, 2016
G.F.R. Ellis, R. Maartens and M.A.H. MacCallum:
Relativistic Cosmology,
Cambridge University Press, 2012
N. Straumann,
``From primordial quantum fluctuations to the anisotropies of the cosmic microwave background radiation,''
Annalen Phys. 15 (2006) 701
[arXiv:hep-ph/0505249]
Additional Material
Mathematical (and other) aid kits:
M. Reed, B. Simon: Methods of Modern Mathematical Physics, Vols. 1 & 2, Academic Press, 1980 (or more recent editions)
B. Thaller: The Dirac Equation, Springer-Verlag, 1992
K. Sundermeyer: Symmetries in Fundamental Physics, Springer-Verlag, 2014
V. Moretti: Spectral Theory and Quantum Mechanics, Springer-Verlag, 2013
R.U. Sexl, H.K. Urbantke: Relativity, Groups, Particles, Springer-Verlag, 2001
Übungsaufgaben/Exercise Sheets
Sheet 1
Sheet 2
Sheet 3
Sheet 4
Sheet 5
Sheet 6
Sheet 7
