Instructor: Hsin-Chia Cheng (cheng [at] physics.ucdavis.edu)
Time & Place: Mon & Wed 9:00-10:20AM, 432 PHYSICS
Office Hours: 433 Physics, Mon & Wed after classes, or just find me when I am not too busy with other things
Prerequisites: PHY230A
Website: http://cheng.physics.ucdavis.edu/teaching/230B-f17
Homework assignments and additional information can be found on
the Canvas course
page
Textbook: The recommended book is "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" by Peskin and Schroeder. However we will not follow the book exactly. The materials covered in this quarter roughly correspond to Chapters 3, 4 (Sec 8), 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 16 of Peskin and Schroeder. Some other useful books are
Grading: There will be weekly homework assignments. Doing
the problem sets is an extremely important part of learning. You
can't learn the subject by just listening to the lectures without
working through things by yourself. You can discuss the problem
sets with your classmates, but you are not allowed to copy other
people's homework. Each of you is required to write up your own
homework following your own understandings. Each problem set is
due about one week after its assignment in class. No late homework will be accepted
so even if you couldn't finish you should turn in what you have
done. The solutions will be available on the Canvas course
website. The homework will count 70% of the final grade. A
take-home final will count 30% of the final grade.
Outlines of the course
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