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Course curriculum

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    • Klein Gordon equation derived from Classical field theory

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    • Noether's theorem

    • Example of complex scalar field & more on Noether's theorem

    • Symmetry with respect to coordinate and field transformation

    • Energy momentum tensor, orbital angular momentum, intrinsic angular momentum

    • Derivation of important properties of the infinitesimal Lorentz transformation

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    • Quantization of a Classical Field part 1

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    • Quantization of a Classical Field part 2

    • Derivation of the spectrum of the Hamiltonian

    • Annihilation and creation operators to determine the spectrum of the Hamiltonian

    • Ground state and construction of states with a certain number of quanta

    • Definition of the number operator

    • Causality of space-like events part 1

    • Causality of space-like events part 2

    • Causality of space-like events part 3, an important property of Dirac delta

    • Causality of space-like events part 4

    • Green function of the Klein Gordon field part 1

    • Green function of the Klein Gordon field part 2

    • Vacuum expectation, Propagator, Time Ordering

    • Complex Klein Gordon field

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    • Interacting Classical Field theory part 1

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    • Interacting Classical Field Theory part 2

    • Heisenberg's picture and Schrodinger's picture

    • Interaction picture

    • Interacting field theory part 1

    • Interacting field theory part 2

    • Interacting Field theory, S matrix

    • Rewriting time ordering in the S matrix part 1, proof of Hausdorff formula

    • Rewriting time ordering in the S matrix part 2

    • Relation between Normal and Time ordered products

    • Wick's theorem

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    • Scattering cross section part 1

    • Scattering cross section part 2

    • Scattering cross section part 3

    • LSZ formula part 1

    • LSZ formula part 2

    • LSZ formula part 3

    • LSZ formula part 4

    • LSZ formula part 5

    • LSZ formula part 6

    • LSZ formula part 7

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    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 1

    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 2

    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 3

    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 4

    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 5

    • Quantization of the E.M. field part 6

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    • Stern-Gerlach experiment

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    • Intrinsic Angular Momentum in QM (spin) part 1

    • Intrinsic Angular Momentum in QM (spin) part 2

    • Pauli matrices, spinors

    • Unitary operators, Lorentz transformations, angular momenta in QFT part 1

    • Unitary operators, Lorentz transformations, angular momenta in QFT part 2

    • Unitary operators, Lorentz transformations, angular momenta in QFT part 3

    • Unitary operators, Lorentz transformations, angular momenta in QFT part 4

    • Commutator between a scalar field and angular momentum

    • Commutator between a vector field and angular momentum

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    • Spinors in 4 dimensions part 1

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    • Spinors in 4 dimensions part 2

    • Spinors in 4 dimensions part 3

    • Invariant quantities and Fermion fields

    • 92Derivation of the Dirac equation

    • Hamiltonian density and conserved quantities for the Dirac field

    • Construction of solutions of the Dirac equation part 1

    • Construction of solutions of the Dirac equation part 2

    • Quantization of the Fermion field

    • Important properties of the Fermion field part 1

    • Important properties of the Fermion field part 2, charge operator

    • Parity operator

    • Spin of the Dirac field part 1

    • Spin of the Dirac field part 2

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    • Interaction of Dirac field and E.M. field

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    • S matrix elements, interacting particles, diagrams

    • Amplitudes and diagrams of processes

    • Why 1st order terms in the S matrix do not give contribution

    • Calculation of amplitudes of 2nd order processes

    • Feynman Rules part 1

    • Feynman Rules part 2

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    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 1

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 2

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 3

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 4

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 5

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 6

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 7

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 8

    • Compton's Scattering cross section part 9

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    • Higher order Feynman diagrams, vertex correction part 1

    • Vertex correction part 2

    • Vertex correction part 3

    • Landè g factor obtained through vertex correction

    • Vertex correction of a higher order process part 1

    • Vertex correction of a higher order process part 2

    • Vertex correction of a higher order process part 3

    • Vertex correction of a higher order process part 4, Wick rotation

    • Vertex correction of a higher order process part 5, Landè g factor

    • Electron self-energy part 1

    • Electron self-energy part 2

Detailed description

More info about the course

This course aims to mathematically motivate both Quantum Mechanics (QM) and Quantum field Theory (QFT). The first part is devoted to the most important concepts and equations of QM, whereas the second part deals with QFT. 

Due to the conceptual and mathematical difficulty of these subjects, some prerequisites to this course are unavoidably required. The student should be familiar with:

1) the Fourier Series and Transform;

2) Multivariable Calculus;

3) Probability theory and random variables;

4)  Classical Physics;

5) Complex Calculus (especially residues and calculation of integrals on a contour), although this is necessary only for some parts of the course devoted to QFT;

6) Special Relativity and tensors for QFT.

Note 1: the first few prerequisites might be enough if you are interested only in the first part of the course, which is related to QM (consider that this course has tens of hours' worth of material, you might be interested only in some parts);

Note 2: I'm more than willing to reply if you have doubts/need clarifications, or -why not- have any recommendations to improve the quality of the course.

Note 3: I'll still keep editing the videos (for example by adding notes) to make the video-lectures as clear as possible. 

The references for the part on QFT are the following:

- Quantum Field Theory, M.Srednicki

- Quantum Field Theory, Itzykson & Zuber

- QFT by Mandl & Shaw

- QFT in a nutshell, A.Zee

- QFT by Ryder, Ramand

- The Quantum Theory of Fields, S.Weinberg

- Gauge Theories in Particle Physics, Aitchison & Z.Hey

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