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Effective Field Theory (Spring 2013, MIT OCW). Instructor: Professor Iain Stewart.
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Effective field theory is a fundamental framework to describe physical systems with quantum field theory. Part I of this course covers common tools used in effective theories: identifying degrees of freedom and symmetries; power counting expansions (dimensional and otherwise); field redefinitions; bottom-up and top-down effective theories; fine-tuned effective theories; matching and Wilson coefficients; reparameterization invariance; and advanced renormalization group techniques. Main examples are taken from particle and nuclear physics. Part II of this course is an in depth study of the Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET), an effective theory for hard interactions in collider physics. (from ocw.mit.edu)
Course Currilcum
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- Lecture 01 – Introduction to Effective Field Theory (FET) Unlimited
- Lecture 02 – Dimensional Power Counting Unlimited
- Lecture 03 – Field Redefinitions Unlimited
- Lecture 04 – Matching and Decoupling Unlimited
- Lecture 05 – Classic Operator Renormalization Group Equations (RGE) Unlimited
- Lecture 06 – Chiral Lagrangians Unlimited
- Lecture 07 – Chiral Loops Unlimited
- Lecture 08 – Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET) Unlimited
- Lecture 09 – HQET Matching and Power Corrections Unlimited
- Lecture 10 – HQET Examples Unlimited
- Lecture 11 – Renormalons Unlimited
- Lecture 12 – More Renormalons Unlimited
- Lecture 13 – EFT with Fine Tuning Unlimited
- Lecture 14 – EFT with Fine Tuning Part 2 Unlimited
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- Lecture 15 – Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) Introduction Unlimited
- Lecture 16 – SCET Collinear Wilson Lines Unlimited
- Lecture 17 – SCET Multipole Expansion Unlimited
- Lecture 18 – SCET Beyond Tree Level Unlimited
- Lecture 19 – SCET Beyond Tree Level 2 Unlimited
- Lecture 20 – SCET Wilson Coefficients Unlimited
- Lecture 21 – SCET Sudakov Logarithms Unlimited
- Lecture 22 – SCET for DIS Unlimited
- Lecture 23 – SCET for Dijets Unlimited
- Lecture 24 – SCETII Unlimited
- Lecture 25 – SCETII Rapidity RGE Unlimited
- Lecture 26 – SCET for LHC Unlimited