Video Lectures (21)
A complete 21-lecture series on Quantum Field Theory I β covering canonical quantization, free and interacting fields, Feynman diagrams, scattering amplitudes, and the foundations of the Standard Model.
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Lecture 3
Lecture 4
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Lecture 13
Lecture 14
Path Integrals β Video Lecture Series
A 23-lecture series covering the path integral formulation of QFT.
Full Playlist (23 lectures)
Key Lectures
What is a path integral in QFT?
Derivation of the Path Integral in QFT
From Path Integrals to Perturbation Theory to Feynman Diagrams
Quantum Harmonic Oscillator with Path Integrals
From the path integral to the effective action and renormalization
About This Series
These 21 lectures provide a rigorous introduction to Quantum Field Theory, the theoretical framework underlying particle physics and the Standard Model.
All content is publicly available on YouTube. Lectures are presented in their original sequential order.
Quantum Chromodynamics from the Ground Up (8 lectures)
Gauge fields, covariant derivatives, gauge fixing, ghosts, ChernβSimons theory, topological terms, and theta vacua.
QCD from the Ground Up
Episode 1
What Makes Something a Gauge Field?
Episode 2
A Matrix Theory for Quarks
Episode 4
Chern-Simons, Topological Field Theory & Gauge Theory
Episode 7
QFT Made Easier (22 lectures)
KleinβGordon field, quantisation, particle counting, generating functionals, spinors, Wick rotation, coherent states, and singularities.
Starting with the Klein-Gordon Field
Episode 1
The Energy of a Quantum Field
Episode 7
How to Count Particles on Quantum Fields
Episode 9
On the Road to Spinors!
Episode 13
Spinors for Quantum Field Theory
Episode 16
What is Wick Rotation and Why is it Profound?
Episode 16b
Quantum Field Theory 1 β Full Course (15+ lectures)
Basics, introducing fields, interactions, and calculating: a complete QFT 1 lecture course.
QFT 1 β Basics 1
Lecture 1
Introducing Fields 1
Lecture 4
Interactions 1
Lecture 8
Calculating 1
Lecture 12
Quantum Field Theory 2 β Full Course (15+ lectures)
Extensions, gauge theory, and effective field theory: the complete QFT 2 sequel.
QFT 2 β Extension 1
Lecture 1
Gauge Theory 1
Lecture 6
Effective Field Theory 1
Lecture 11
Lattice QCD Lectures
Introduction to Lattice QCD (Michael Creutz) and Nonzero Temperature & Density QCD (Francesca Cuteri).
Intro to Lattice QCD β Lecture I
Michael Creutz
Nonzero T & Density QCD β Lecture 1a
Francesca Cuteri
Nonzero T & Density QCD β Lecture 3a
Francesca Cuteri
Nuclear & Particle Physics Seminars
Heavy-quark exotics, QCD matter, neutrinos, inertial fusion, and physics beyond the Standard Model.
Hadron Renaissance: Heavy-Quark Exotics
Seminar
How Ignition Was Achieved in Inertial Fusion
Seminar
Physics Beyond the SM at Low Energies
Seminar
Additional Lectures
Mapping the Structure of Hadrons with Lattice QCD
The Forgotten Geometry: A New Path to Unification
Michael Peskin: Standard Model & Collider Physics
SLAC lectures covering the Standard Model and collider phenomenology.
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking, Higgs & ΞCDM Cosmology
Grojean (DESY): SM & Higgs mechanism. Bartelmann (Heidelberg): ΞCDM and early-universe cosmology.