Syllabus
- path integral - transition amplitude, time-ordering, Euclidian space-time, perturbation theory and loop expansion, grassmann variables
- quantization of gauge fields - gauge fixing, Fadeev-Popov quantization, free electromagnetic and Yang-Mills fields, ghosts, θ-vacuums, instantons, projection operators as generators of local gauge transformations
- anomalies - axial anomaly, anomaly in algebra of generators of gauge transformations
- renormalization - finite renormalization, renormalization in quantum field theory, divergences and perturbative renormalization, renormalization in QED and QCD, running coupling constant
- renormalization group equation - renormalization group, Callan-Symanzik equation, Wilson expansion, anomalous dimension, non-perturbative renormalization
Annotation
Contiuation of lecture NJSF134.