Topics
- Classical Field Theory
- Lagrangian, conjugate momentum and stress-energy tensor
- Symmetry and Noether currents
- Spin 0 field (Klein-Gordon equation)
- Real and complex matter fields, electric charge
- Green's functions
- Rutherford and Moller Scattering; scattering cross section
- Spin ½ Dirac field
- Dirac 4-spinors and Dirac equation
- Hydrogen atom spectrum
- Lagrangian covariant formulation and Green's functions;
- Fermion scattering
- EM field (Spin 1)
- Field Quantization and particles
- Quantization of Klein-Gordon field
- Quantization of Dirac field, CPT transformations
- EM field quantization
- Interacting fields and QED
- Perturbation theory and Feynman diagrams
- QED renormalization and radiative corrections
- Electron self-energy
- Vacuum Polarization
- Vertex corrections
- QED Running coupling constant
- Spontaneous symmetry breaking. Higgs-Anderson mechanism.
- Extra topics
- Aharonov-Bohm
- Casimir effects
- QCD
- superconductivity and new electronic materials
Associate Professor:
Dr. Anton B. Vorontsov
Office: EPS 214
Tel: (406) 994-6573
Fax: (406) 994-4452
anton.vorontsov@montana.edu
Department of Physics
Montana State University
P.O. Box 173840
Bozeman, MT 59717-3840