Syllabus
1. Formalism of the second quantization Free and self-interacting electron field; expression for the energy of a multiparticle function in the Hartree-Fok approximation.
2. Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics Electron-positron field quantization; charge symmetry, calibration invariance.
3. Positronium Virtual and real annihilation, exchange of one and two photons.
4. Radiation correction Common perturbation method, Feynman space-time approach, electron self-energy, vacuum polarization, mass and charge renormalization, anomalous magnetic moment of an electron, Lamb's shift.
5. Electroweak interactions at low energies Beta decay - Fermi type theory. Rough outline of Glashow-Salam-Weinberg theory and its consequences. Electro-weak neutral currents and their detection on atomic spectra.
Annotation
The lecture follows the NBCM110 Quantum Theory I. Formalism of the Second Quantization.
Hamiltonian of quantum electrodynamics. Positronium.
Radiation correction to atomic spectra. Electroweak interactions and their detection in atomic spectroscopy.