PHYS 653 Quantum Electrodynamics (Ph.D.)

This PhD course deals with quantum electrodynamics (QED), the quantum field theory of photons and charged leptons (i.e., electrons, positrons). QED is the most accurate theory known in physics. The course covers the following topics: Lorentz transformations and covariant vectors, scalar field, electromagnetic field, Dirac field, photon-electron Interactions, photon-electron interactions, e-µ scattering, real photons, decays, π--> γ γ

The basic reference: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by Michael Peskin and Daniel Schroeder.