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Lecture notes, material collection, further reading ... Date Content Material 12.04. Introduction   14.04. Introduction to Field Theory Kinematic, From QM to QFT, Classical free scalar field   19.04. Quantisation of the free scala field, Time and normal ordering Wick's theorem. Interacting fields and perturbation theory Additonal material: exercise sheet 2   21.04. S-Matrix, transition amplitudes, transition rates Spin 1/2 fields, Dirac equation   26.04. Solutions of the Dirac Eq., Chriality and Helicity Quantisation of Dirac fields   28.04. Quantum Electrodynamics Quantisation of electro-magnetic field   03.05. QED Lagrangian   05.05. QED perturbation theory: Feynman rules and e+e- to mu+mu-   09.05. Experimental tests of QED From the matrix element to the measurement e+e- annihilation   11.05. Anomalous magnetic moment   17.05. Phenomenology of weak interaction Weak decays, parity violation and neutrino helicity   19.05. V-A structure of weak currents   26.05. Electroweak Theory 1) Abelian Gauge Theories   31.05. 2) Problem of massive gauge fields 3) Spontaneous symmetry breaking   02.06. Higgs meachanism   07.06. 4) Standard Model of electro-weak interaction   09.06. Lepton masses   14.06. Tests of the electro-weak Theory Dicovery of W and Z bosons Precision tests of the Z sector   16.06. Couplings to Z boson Test of the W sector   21.06. Higgs searches Quark masses in the SM   23.06. CKM Matrix Discrete symmetries: P, C and T   28.06. Neutrino masses   30.06. Neutrino masses and global symmetries in the SM Quantum Chromo Dynamics (QCD) 1) Symmetries and Inteaction   05.07. Pheonmenology of CKM Matrix, Meson oscillation and CP violation   07.07. Neutrino oscillation   12.07. 2) Renormalization 3) Running coupling   14.07. Running alphas Outlook - Problems of the Standard Model   19.07. Experimental tests of QCD

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