8.324 Rel Quantum Field Theory II
Fall 2018
Instructor: Washington Taylor
TA: Chih-Liang Wu
Lecture:
MW 9.30-11
(56-154)
Recitation Section: F 10-11
(26-414)
Information:
Announcements
Lecture notes 7, 8 posted
Lecture notes 7 and 8 have been posted. Notes 7 cover the
standard model and spontaneous symmetry breaking, Goldstone bosons,
the Higgs mechanism and the one-loop effective action. Notes 8
cover anomalies: chiral anomalies, anomaly freedom of the standard
model, and chiral symmetry breaking in QCD. These notes cover all
lectures through December 10.
Announced on 11 December 2018 9:09 a.m. by Washington Taylor
Problem set 4 posted
Problem set 4 has been posted. It is due December
12. Several people have asked for extensions, so to be fair
to everyone, you can pass it in by Monday, December 17
without penalty.
Announced on 28 November 2018 7:28 p.m. by Washington Taylor
Section and lecture switched November 28/30
As announced in class, I will be away November 28; Wednesday
November 28 there will be a recitation section in place of lecture
in the usual lecture room; Friday November 30 we will have a
lecture in 26-328.
Announced on 26 November 2018 9:14 a.m. by Washington Taylor
Lecture notes 6a, 6b posted
Lecture notes section 6, on nonabelian groups, algebras,
representations, Poincare representations, classical
and quantum nonabelian gauge theories have been posted, covers
material presented in class through 11/21.
Announced on 26 November 2018 9:13 a.m. by Washington Taylor
Lecture notes 5 posted
Lecture notes section 5 (systematics of renormalization),
covering lectures through October 26, have been posted.
Announced on 31 October 2018 8:48 a.m. by Washington Taylor
