MIT 8.851 Effective Field Theory, Spring 2013

Effective field theory is a fundamental framework to describe physical systems with quantum field theory. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare.


Average Course Length

50 hours


Skill Level

Intermediate



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1: Introduction to Effective Field Theory (EFT)
2: Dimensional Power Counting
3: Field Redefinitions
4: Matching and Decoupling
5: Classic Operator Renormalization Group Equations (RGE)
6: Chiral Lagrangians
7: Chiral Loops
8: Heavy Quark Effective Theory (HQET)
9: HQET Matching & Power Corrections
10: HQET Examples
11: Renormalons
12: More Renormalons
13: EFT with Fine Tuning
14: EFT with Fine Tuning Part 2
15: Soft-Collinear Effective Theory (SCET) Introduction
16: SCET Collinear Wilson Lines
17: SCET Multipole Expansion
18: SCET Beyond Tree Level
19: SCET Beyond Tree Level 2
20: SCET Wilson Coefficients
21: SCET Sudakov Logarithms
22: SCET for DIS
23: SCET for Dijets
24: SCETII
25: SCET_2 Rapidity RGE
26: SCET for LHC