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The midterm exams have now been corrected. Here you can find a detailed breakdown of the points, along with the grade that you would have obtained if this had been the final exam. Note that the midterm only enters as 40% in the final grade. If, for example, you received a week C now, you can still get an overall B with an 'average B' (or better) in the oral exam.
Let me know if anything is unclear about the point assignment -- but please make sure to take a look at the detailed grading instructions (and solutions) before.
The date of the oral exam is now confirmed to be 15.06.?
On Wednesday (18/02) we need to start the lecture already at 9:00 am because of a scheduling conflict with a phd defence.
You can now find the announced notes on path integrals on the semester page, which both summarize what we did so far in the lecture (and a bit more), and fill in some of the gaps... happy reading* ! :)
* reading means of course as usual actual work -- but try do not get hung up in the details of how the path integrals are defined and performed, at least at first and second reading, it's more much important that you obtain a good handle on how to use functional derivatives and generating functionals.
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I also just set up the UiO Discourse page that we will use for communicating outside of lecture hours. So please take a look at the detailed guide here if you haven't used this tool before. Look for `fys5120-26v' once you have logged into the platform (with your standard student login).
In general, this kind of tool is really useful once one gets above a critical level of usage. So use it actively to ask and discuss any questions you may have! In fact, feel free to start using it right away for any questions about the background material ! [and yes, the latter is a 'subtle' reminder to actually read the text... :)]
I just uploaded the first exercise sheet, such that you can get some hands-on training. Problem 1 is something based on your QFT 1 lecture – and very useful in order to remind yourself both of conceptual aspects and of calculational steps that typically appear (not only) in canonical quantization. Problems 2 & 3 are a training in rate calculations (cross sections and lifetimes/decay rates) -- you'll need these skills a lot in this course, not just theoretically but also to be able to use Feynman rules etc in an efficient way.
A tentative plan for this second course in quantum field theory (FYS5120) can now be found?here, including reading suggestions. On?the?semester pages, you will always find up-to-date relevant information like problem sets, lecture times (inkl. potential changes and updates) etc. Teaching starts in week 4, so week 3 offers an excellent opportunity?to review what you learned in QFT I. :) To help guiding your efforts I compiled a list of the most important background knowledge that you really need to follow the course. Do try to prepare as well as possible: I'm happy use a significant part of the first lecture week to answer questions - if any - about th...