Advanced quantum field theory, Lecture 13

This summer semester (2017) I am giving a course on advanced quantum field theory. This course is intended for theorists with familiarity with advanced quantum mechanics, statistical physics, and quantum field theory (for a good foundation see my videos on advanced QM and QFT). The main objective is discuss the building blocks of the standard model, including, Yang-Mills theory and symmetry breaking.

Here in Lecture 13 I continue the discussion of the quantisation of nonabelian gauge theory via path integrals and the Faddeev-Popov method. I also introduce dimensional regularisation.

[ingeniouswild]

A very small but good detail is that you often mention the cardinality of the different free variables when you write down equations, so you get reminded how many components an index has etc. It helps remembering what the variables really represent.

[antoniolewis]

Thank you for these excellent lectures!