Physics of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking – HS 2011

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Lecture notes (handwritten)

• Lecture 2 (07.10.2011)
• Lecture 3 (14.10.2011)
• Lecture 4 (21.10.2011)
• Lecture 5 (28.10.2011)
• Lecture 6 (04.11.2011)
• Lecture 7 (11.11.2011)
• Lecture 8 (18.11.2011)
• Lecture 9 (25.11.2011)
• Lecture 10 (02.12.2011) with suggested reading Effective nonrenormalizable theories at one loop by Mary K. Gaillard.
• Lecture 11 (09.12.2011) with suggested reading Estimation of oblique electroweak corrections by Michael Peskin and Tatsu Takeuchi.
• Lecture 12 (16.12.2011)

Literature

• S. Weinberg: "The quantum theory of fields Vol. I & II", Cambridge university press
• S. Pokorski, "Gauge field theories", Cambridge university press
• M. Peskin & D. Schroeder: "An introduction to quantum field theory", Westview press
• M. Srednicki: "Quantum field theory", Cambridge university press

Exercise Classes

Stephan Bühler
Franz Herzog

Exercises: HIT J51, Fri 11:25 - 12:00 (after the lecture)

Exercise sheets

• Exercise sheet 1
• Exercise sheet 2
• Exercise sheet 3