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Quantum Field Theory -- Spring 2018

Instructor: Prof. Eric Braaten
office: M2038 Physics Research Building
email: braaten(AT)mps.ohio-state.edu
phone: 688-4228 (office)
office hours: just stop by (except Tuesday and Thursday before class),  or make an appointment

Textbook:  Matthew D. Schwartz, Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model (Cambridge University Press)
corrections listed at http://www.schwartzqft.com/corrections.html
(on 2-hour reserve at the 18th Avenue Library)

Supplementary text:  M.E. Peskin and D.V. Schroeder,  An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Westview Press)

Lectures:  Tuesday and Thursday, 2:20 - 3:40 pm, Scott Lab N44
Software:  Feyncalc 
download to your laptop from https://github.com/FeynCalc/feyncalc
Homework:  problems from Schwartz, due each week on Thursday by the end of class
Final exam:  Wednesday April 25, 2pm
no exam, but last homework is due April 25 at 4pm

Grading:
  based on homework
Grader:  none

Web Pages:
This page:   http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/braaten.1/qft/qft_info.html
Home page:  http://www.asc.ohio-state.edu/braaten.1/qft/qft_home.html


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