course | dates | credits |
Advanced Quantum Field Theory II | Feb 17 - Mar 27 | 5 |
teachers | schedule | term |
Marco Serone | 8:30 - 10:00 | 2 |
Program:
- QFT and critical phenomena
- Large N: matrix and vector models
- Kinks
- Vortices
- Monopoles
- Charge fractionalization and fermions
- Instantons in quantum mechanics
- Instantons in non-abelian gauge theories
- Theta vacua, fermions
- Bounces and vacuum decay
- Wilson and 't Hooft lines
- Symmetries as topological operators: higher form symmetries
- Phases of non-abelian gauge theories
- Generalized 't Hooft anomaly matching conditions
Necessary mathematical complements will be sprinkled through the course.
Prerequisites:
Books:
- S. Coleman, "Aspects of symmetry"
- V. Rubakov, "Classical Theory of Gauge Fields"
- N. Manton, P. Sutcliffe, "Topological Solitons"
Online Resources:
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