PHYS 583 :: Physics :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Schedule

Week Date Notes Homework
1 1/20 review HW 1 due 1/29
1/22 renormalization of phi^4 theory
includes general discussion of BPHZ,
power counting, dim reg
2 1/27 (finish previous) HW 2 due 2/5
1/29 QED at one loop (1)
3 2/3 (finish previous) HW 3 due 2/13
2/5
4 2/10 QED at one loop (2)  
2/12
5 2/17 Renormalization group HW 4 due 3/12
2/19
6 2/24 (finish previous)  
2/26
7 3/3 More on RG flows  
3/5
8 3/12 Group theory & classical Yang Mills HW 5 due 3/26
3/13