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PH 509: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Electrodynamics. (60 hrs)

Relativistic and classical dynamics.
Lorentz and Poincare Groups.
Four-spinors.
Klein-Gordon Equation.
Dirac and Weyl equations.
Nonrelativistic limits.
Hole Theory.
Lagrangian formalism of classical fields.
Quantization of the Klein-Gordon scalar field, electromagnetic field and Dirac field.
Electron-photon interactions.
Scattering matrix.
QED processes and Feynman rules.
Radiation corrections and renormalization.

• 1. W. Greiner, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Wave Equations, 1^st Edition, Springer-Verlag (1990).
  2. C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc et G. Grynberg, Photons and Atomes: Introduction to quantum electrodynamics, Wiley (1989).
  3. C. Cohen-Tannoudji, J. Dupont-Roc et G. Grynberg, Atom-photon: Interaction processes and applications, Wiley (1992).

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