Effective Field Theories
Module PH2245
Basic Information
PH2245 is a semester module in German or English language at Master’s level which is offered in winter semester.
If not stated otherwise for export to a non-physics program the student workload is given in the following table.
| Total workload | Contact hours | Credits (ECTS) |
|---|---|---|
| 150 h | 30 h | 5 CP |
Responsible coordinator of the module PH2245 is Antonio Vairo.
Content, Learning Outcome and Preconditions
Content
The lecture course provides an introduction to effective field theories (EFTs) and renormalization techniques with applications ranging from high energy to atomic physics. The course consists in three parts: (1) basics of EFTs and renormalization group; (2) introduction to the Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET); (3) non-relativistic EFTs and applications to atomic physics.
Learning Outcome
The student will learn how to build effective field theories from identifying the relevant degrees of freedom and symmetries to renormalize them. The basics will be broad and applicable to all effective field theories. Some specific EFTs will be worked out in more detail.
Preconditions
Quantum Mechanics 1 + 2 and some basic knowledge of Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model.
Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature
Courses and Schedule
| Type | SWS | Title | Lecturer(s) | Dates | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VO | 2 | Effective Field Theories | Vairo, A. |
Thu, 08:30–10:00, PH 3343 |
Learning and Teaching Methods
Lectures will be delivered on the blackboard. Literaure and further bibliographycal material can be found on the webpage of the course.
Media
Links to the literature and a detailed outline of the course is in
http://users.ph.tum.de/gu32tel/Lectures/WS16-17-EFT.html
Literature
- Principles of EFTs
- Books:A. Dobado, A. Gomez-Nicola, A.L. Maroto, J.R. Pelaez, Effective Lagrangians for the Standard Model, Springer Verlag 1997
S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields Vol. II, Cambridge University Press 1996, Chapter 19 - Review papers and lecture notes:A. Pich, Effective field theory, Les Houches 1997, Probing the standard model of particle interactions, Pt. 2* 949-1049, e-Print: hep-ph/9806303
A.V. Manohar, Effective field theories, Schladming 1996, Perturbative and nonperturbative aspects of quantum field theory* 311-362, e-Print: hep-ph/9606222
D.B. Kaplan, Effective field theories, 7th Summer School in Nuclear Physics Symmetries, Seattle, e-Print: nucl-th/9506035
H. Georgi, Effective field theory, Ann.Rev.Nucl.Part.Sci.43:209-252,1993
B.R. Holstein, Effective effective interactions, Eur.Phys.J.A18:227-230,2003 - A founding paper:S. Weinberg, Phenomenological Lagrangians, Physica A96:327,1979
- EFTs courses:School on Flavor Physics, Centro de Ciencias de Benasque (2008)
Effective field theory course (2013) at MIT by Iain Stewart (with emphasis on SCET)
- Books:A. Dobado, A. Gomez-Nicola, A.L. Maroto, J.R. Pelaez, Effective Lagrangians for the Standard Model, Springer Verlag 1997
- Heavy quark effective theory
- Books:A.V. Manohar, M.B. Wise, Heavy quark physics, Cambridge University Press 2000
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- Review papers and lecture notes: M. Neubert, Heavy-quark symmetry, Phys.Rept.245:259-396,1994
B. Grinstein, An introduction to heavy mesons, 6th Mexican School of Particles and Fields, Villahermosa, e-Print: hep-ph/9508227
T. Mannel, Heavy-quark effective field theory, Rept.Prog.Phys.60:1113-1172,1997 - Related papers:G.P. Lepage, L. Magnea, C. Nakhleh, U. Magnea, K. Hornbostel, Improved nonrelativistic QCD for heavy quark physics, Phys.Rev.D46:4052-4067,1992, e-Print: hep-lat/9205007
A.V. Manohar, The HQET/NRQCD Lagrangian to order α/m^3, Phys.Rev.D56:230-237,1997, e-Print: hep-ph/9701294
- Review papers and lecture notes: M. Neubert, Heavy-quark symmetry, Phys.Rept.245:259-396,1994
- Applications to atomic physics
- Related papers:W.E. Caswell, G.P. Lepage, Effective Lagrangians for bound state problems in QED, QCD, and other field theories, Phys.Lett.B167:437,1986
A. Pineda, J. Soto, The Lamb shift in dimensional regularization, Phys.Lett.B420:391-396,1998, e-Print: hep-ph/9711292
A. Pineda, J. Soto, Potential NRQED: the positronium case, Phys.Rev.D59:016005,1999, e-Print: hep-ph/9805424
B.R. Holstein, Blue skies and effective interactions, American Journal of Physics 67:422,1999
- Related papers:W.E. Caswell, G.P. Lepage, Effective Lagrangians for bound state problems in QED, QCD, and other field theories, Phys.Lett.B167:437,1986