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AMATH 872Introduction to Quantum Field Theory for Cosmology

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Mathematics
Subject
Applied Mathematics
Cross-listed
PHYS 785

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Introduction to scalar field theory and its canonical quantization in flat and curved spacetimes. The flat space effects of Casimir and Unruh. Quantum fluctuations of scalar fields and of the metric on curved space-times and application to inflationary cosmology. Hawking radiation.

Prerequisites

  • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:

Antirequisites

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Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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Fall 2017

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