Philippe de Forcrand
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Talk Date |
Student |
Supervisor |
Euclidean path integral formalism: from quantum mechanics to quantum field theory. |
Euclidean path integral formalism: from quantum mechanics to quantum field theory. Introduce the path integral formalism: 1-particle quantum mechanics; Euclidean rotation; bosonic field theory; connection with perturbative expansion. MM Ch.1.2 – 1.4; R Ch.2. |
March 30, 2009 |
Enea Di Dio |
Marco Panero |
Yang-Mills theory and the QCD Lagrangian |
Yang-Mills theory and the QCD Lagrangian. Explain non-Abelian gauge symmetry, Yang-Mills Lagrangian, Wilson loop; introduce quarks. Ryder Ch.4.4 (beginning); PS Ch.15.1 – 15.3 + 17.1. |
April 6, 2009 |
Christopher Cedzich |
Ph. de Forcrand M. Fromm |
Asymptotic freedom and the beta-function: 4, 2d -model, QCD |
Asymptotic freedom and the beta-function: 4, 2d -model, QCD. Introduce renormalization, and explain beta-function calculation for 4 and -model; explain consequences for QCD. KG Ch.4.1 – 4.2; Ryder Ch. 9.3; PS Ch.13.3, Sec.1. |
April 20, 2009 |
David Oehri |
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Lattice formulation of Yang-Mills theory and confinement at strong coupling |
Lattice formulation of Yang-Mills theory and confinement at strong coupling. Discretize Yang-Mills theory; explain continuum limit via asymptotic freedom; reproduce Wilson’s proof of confinement at strong coupling. MM Ch. 3.2; R Ch. 9; Wilson. |
April 27, 2009 |
Basil Schneider |
Marco Panero |
Goldstone’s theorem and chiral symmetry breaking |
Goldstone’s theorem and chiral symmetry breaking. Review the chiral symmetry of QCD, its explicit and its spontaneous breaking. Explain Goldstone’s theorem and apply it to QCD. Ryder Ch. 8.1 – 8.2; Scherer Ch. 2. |
May 4,2009 |
Felix Traub, |
Marco Panero |
Finite temperature QCD: formulation and symmetries |
Finite temperature QCD: formulation and symmetries. Finite temperature in the Euclidean path integral; bosons and fermions; Polyakov loop and center symmetry. KG Ch.2; R Ch. 20.1 – 20.4. |
May 11, 2009 |
Roman Mani |
Aleksi Kurkela |
The finite-temperature transition in QCD |
The finite-temperature transition in QCD. Explain symmetries and expected thermal behaviour of QCD with infinitely heavy and with massless quarks (Columbia plot). KG Ch. 10.4 – 10.5; KS Ch. 7 MM: I. Montvay and G. M¨unster, “Quantum fields on a lattice,” Cambridge, UK: Univ. Pr. (1994) 491 p. (Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics) • R: H. J. Rothe, “Lattice gauge theories: An Introduction,” World Sci. Lect. Notes Phys. 74 (2005) 1. • PS: M. E. Peskin and D. V. Schroeder, “An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory,” Reading, USA: Addison-Wesley (1995) 842 p • KG: J. I. Kapusta and C. Gale, “Finite-temperature field theory: Principles and applications,” Cambridge, UK: Univ. Pr. (2006) 428 p • Ryder: L. H. Ryder, “Quantum Field Theory,” Cambridge, Uk: Univ. Pr. ( 1985) 443p • KS: J. B. Kogut and M. A. Stephanov, “The phases of quantum chromodynamics: From confinement to extreme environments,” Camb. Monogr. Part. Phys. Nucl. Phys. Cosmol. 21 (2004) 1. • Wilson: K. G. Wilson, “Confinement of quarks,” Phys. Rev. D 10 (1974) 2445. • Scherer: S. Scherer and M. R. Schindler, “A chiral perturbation theory primer,” arXiv:hepph/ 0505265. |
May 18, 2009 |
Raffaele Solcà |
Aleksi Kurkela |