PSI 2018/2019 - Quantum Field Theory II (David)

Spontaneous symmetry breaking, Higgs mechanism

Renormalization of non-abelian gauge theory

Quantization of non-abelian gauge theory, Faddeev-Popov determinant, ghosts

Classical non-abelian gauge theory, Space of gauge field configurations

Fermionic functional integrals, Non-abelian symmetries

Relationship between Wilsonian and perturbative renormalization, Grassman variables and Berezin calculus

Wilsonian renormalization continued, Local potential approximation

Renormalizability, Renormalization and OPEs, Wilsonian renormalization

Renormalization of massless φ4 theory continued, Beta functions, Scaling anomaly

Effective action as a generating functional for irreducible diagrams, One loop renormalization of massless φ4 theory

Effective action to one loop

Structure of perturbation theory, Generating functionals