253b Actual Syllabus
Physics 253b is a continuation of Physics 253a. Below is a very preliminary syllabus. I have not
taught this course in many years, so I am starting over from scratch, and I am sure that a lot of
these items will evolve as we go along. All of this would be fun, but I am not sure how much we
will be able to do. It is very unlikely that I will cover all these topics in lecture, but I hope to touch
on most of this either in lecture or problems. From the very beginning and throughout the course, I
will emphasize the idea of a Quantum Field Theory as an effective description of physics in some
limited range of energies.
1.
φ
→
γγ
and effective field theory
(a) neutral pseudoscalar
φ
with mass
m
φ
¿
m
e
with Yukawa coupling to electrons
(b) calculate decay rate into
γγ
from quantum loops
(c) effective field theory (EFT) and matching
(d)
Γ[Φ]
, 1PI graphs, the loop expansion, the background field method, and all that
2. the muon anomalous magnetic moment and large logs
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