Week 1 (due Jan. 16) Reading: Srednicki, sections 21, [removed]Consider a scalar field theory with a dimensionless coupling α with a 1-loop beta-function β(α) = −b0 α2 , where b0 > 0. That is, this theory is asymptot

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Week 2 (due Oct[removed]Let φ be a free real scalar field. The commutator ∆(x) = [φ(x), φ(0)] is a c-number (i.e. it is proportional to the identity operator in Fock space) and is known as the commutator function fo

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• Golden ratio
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• Euclidean plane geometry

Week 3 Reading: Srednicki sec. 22, pp[removed]Consider the theory of a complex scalar field φ. Let j µ = i(φ† ∂ µ φ − (∂ µ φ† )φ). This is a conserved current, and the corresponding conserved charg

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Week 6 (due Nov. 14) Reading: Srednicki, sections 8,9,[removed]a) Consider the free real scalar field (with mass m). Use the pathintegral representation to compute the expectation values
A = h0|eiaφ(x) |0i, B(x − y)

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Week 5 (due Nov[removed]Problem[removed]Srednicki) 2. Consider free scalar field φ of mass m. Show that the Green’s function G(2) (x) = h0|T (φ(x)φ(0))|0i satisfies (−∂ 2 + m2 )G(2) (x) = −iδ 4 (x).

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Chris Verhaaren Fermilab Theory Seminar 31 July 2014 arXiv: 1408.xxxx Zackaria Chacko

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• Dilaton
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• String theory

27th Johns Hopkins Workshop on Current Problems in Particle Theory: Symmetries and Mysteries of M Theory PROCEEDINGS Fields in the Language of String: Divergences and Renormalization

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• Propagator
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• Lagrangian
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1 PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO TENSOR CALCULUS A scalar field describes a one-to-one correspondence between a single scalar number and a point. An ndimensional vector field is described by a one-to-one correspondence between

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• Tensors
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• Summation
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• Array data structure
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Black  hole  quasinormal  modes  (QNMs)     and  massive  scalar-­‐tensor  theories   1)  QNMs:  tests  within  GR   No-­‐hair  theorem,  area  theorem   Form

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Testing gravity: equivalence principle, and gravitational waves Lam Hui Columbia University

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