- Docente: Roberto Balbinot
- Credits: 6
- SSD: FIS/02
- Language: English
- Moduli: Fiorenzo Bastianelli (Modulo 1) Roberto Balbinot (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics (cod. 9245)
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from Sep 20, 2024 to Dec 20, 2024
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from Sep 16, 2024 to Dec 16, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course the student will learn advanced tools of relativistic quantum field theory and general relativity, with applications to: the gauge theories of the electro-weak and strong interactions; quantum field theory in curved space-times and Hawking radiation in black holes.
Course contents
Part I : Advanced Quantum Field Theory (F. Bastianelli)
Quantization of non-abelian gauge theories
Faddeev-Popov method and BRST symmetry.
Beta function at one-loop
Background field method
Chiral gauge theories and anomalies
Part II : Quantum Field in Curved Space and Black Holes (R. Balbinot)
Quantization in curved space time
Bogoliubov transformation
Quantum fields in Schwarzshild space time
Hawking effect
Vacuum states in Schwarzshild space time
Unruh effect
Readings/Bibliography
Part I :
M.A. Srednicki, "Quantum Field Theory" (CUP, 2007)Part II :
N.D. Birrel and P.C.W. Davies : Quantum Fields in Curved Space ( Cambridge University Press)
A. Fabbri and J. Navarro Salas : Modeling Black Hole Evaporation ( Imperial College Press )
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Balbinot
See the website of Fiorenzo Bastianelli