Quantum field theory 2

Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Fall, 2013)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Review of quantum mechanics and introduction to symmetry

  2. Symmetry groups and degeneracy

  3. Atomic orbits and harmonic oscillators

  4. Spin

  5. Fermions: a tale of two minus signs

  6. Quantum field theory

  7. Quantum field theory 2

  8. Second quantization

  9. Quantum field Hamiltonian

  10. Fermions and the Dirac equation

November 4, 2013

Professor Susskind continues with the presentation of quantum field theory.  He reviews the derivation of the creation and annihilation operators, and then develops the formulas for the energy of a multi-particle system.  This derivation demonstrates the correspondence between classical and quantum field theory for many particle systems.

Topics: 
  • Classical field theory