Quantum Field Theory

  1. Functional Methods
    1. Path Integral Foundations
      1. Path Integral in Quantum Mechanics
        1. Feynman's Sum Over Histories
          1. Transition Amplitudes
            1. Classical Limit
            2. Functional Integration
              1. Measure Definition
                1. Gaussian Integrals
                  1. Functional Derivatives
                2. Scalar Field Path Integrals
                  1. Free Field Generating Functional
                    1. Partition Function
                      1. Source Terms
                      2. Interacting Field Theory
                        1. Perturbative Expansion
                          1. Connected Green's Functions
                          2. Relation to Feynman Diagrams
                            1. Diagrammatic Expansion
                              1. Vacuum Bubbles
                            2. Fermionic Path Integrals
                              1. Grassmann Variables
                                1. Anticommuting Variables
                                  1. Grassmann Algebra
                                  2. Berezin Integration
                                    1. Integration Rules
                                      1. Gaussian Integrals for Fermions
                                      2. Fermionic Generating Functionals
                                        1. Fermionic Sources
                                          1. Wick's Theorem for Fermions
                                        2. Gauge Field Path Integrals
                                          1. Gauge Redundancy Problem
                                            1. Infinite Overcounting
                                              1. Gauge Orbit Volume
                                              2. Faddeev-Popov Procedure
                                                1. Gauge Fixing
                                                  1. Faddeev-Popov Determinant
                                                  2. Ghost Fields
                                                    1. Anticommuting Scalar Fields
                                                      1. Ghost Propagators and Vertices
                                                      2. BRST Quantization
                                                        1. BRST Symmetry
                                                          1. Nilpotent BRST Operator
                                                            1. Physical State Conditions
                                                          2. Effective Action
                                                            1. Definition and Properties
                                                              1. Legendre Transform of W[J]
                                                                1. Classical Field Equations
                                                                2. One-Particle Irreducible Graphs
                                                                  1. Vertex Functions
                                                                    1. Dyson-Schwinger Equations
                                                                    2. Effective Potential
                                                                      1. Constant Field Approximation
                                                                        1. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
                                                                        2. Loop Expansion
                                                                          1. Semiclassical Expansion
                                                                            1. Quantum Corrections

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