PHY 854: Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
Spring 2000: Tu 1230-1400; Th 1230-1330 NS145 (& BACK-UP F 1610 -1710 PA120)

PHY 853: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Fall 1999: MW 12:40-2:00pm, Rm 209 PA (& T 5:30-7:00pm, Th 5:00-6:30pm Rm 120)


5.5.00 Grades done
5.5.00: what I owe you–updated: you owe me 5 minutes!
4.27.00: Problem set 2 available - typos fixed.
4.23.00 Map to Brock house


(remember to refresh)
Instructor: still Chip Brock

brock@chip.pa.msu.edu
207 PA and 251C PA
3-8662/1693 | home: 351-4287

| at work (fall) - 8/31 | at work (spring) - 1/02 | calendar - 1/02 |
Plan of the courses
 Lectures are twice a week...however, watch the left hand space above for last minute instructions. Please read your email each morning for updates.

Course material is all from lectures with problem sets assigned approximately every three weeks. The "at work" link takes you to homework sets.

Grades are based on problem sets and take-home final.
Goals of the courses

PHY854
Topics covered include: Classical Field Theory; Relativistic Field Theory; Covariant Perturbation Theory; Feynman Diagram Techniques; Renormalization; QED and classical weak interactions (maybe)

PHY853
The topics covered include: Group Theory; Linear Algebra; Formal Quantum Mechanics; Dirac Equation; Relativistic Quantum Mechanics

 

Textbooks
 There are no required textbooks, rather the bookstore should have a supply of useful texts which I've selected for their variety. They differ in approach and level of detail.
Updated: 7.26.99 04:22
Chip Brock