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Study programmes 2011-2012Last update : 14/06/2012
SDOC0008-1  Advanced quantum field theory

Duration :  10h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits :  
Doctoral training in sciences (Biochimie, biochimie moléculaire et cellulaire, bioinformatique et modélisation)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Biologie des organismes et écologie)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Chimie)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Géographie)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Géologie)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Mathématiques)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Océanographie)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Physique)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Sciences et gestion de l'environnement)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Sciences spatiales)Toute l'année3
Doctoral training in sciences (Didactique des sciences)Toute l'année3
Lecturer :  Jean‑René Cudell, Igor Ivanov
Language(s) of instruction :  
English language
Course contents :  
The course will treat renormalization in details.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Ability to calculate processes to higher orders in perturbation theory.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
Quantum field theory.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Discussion sessions 20h.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face. Videoconferencing may also be arranged.
Recommended or required readings :  
John Collins, Renormalization: an introduction to renormalization, the renormalization group and the operator product expansion, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984). Russian translation (V.A. Smirnov and O.I. Zavialov trans.) published by Mir, Moscow, 1988.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Discussions (20%), take-home problems (20%), written exam (60%)
Contacts :  
jr.cudell@ulg.ac.be igor.ivanov@ulg.ac.be

Items online :  
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