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Quantum Field Theory I, 7.5 credits

Swedish name: Kvantfältteori I
This syllabus is valid: 2025-01-20 and until further notice
Course code: 5FY179
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Physics: Second cycle, has second-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Physics
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2017-12-12
Revised by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2024-02-22

Required Knowledge

90 credits including Quantum Mechanics 2 and either General Relativity or Electrodynamics II or equivalent. Proficiency in English and Swedish equivalent to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies. Requirements for Swedish only apply if the course is held in Swedish.

Literature

Valid from: 2025 week 4

Quantum field theory
Mandl F., Shaw G.
2. ed. : Chichester : Wiley : 2010 : xii, 478 s. :
ISBN: 978-0-471-49684-7 (hft.)
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Reading instructions: Chapter 1-8

Material about relativistic quantum mechanics is distributed by the department of Physics, Umeå University.