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402-0845-80L 6 Credits DR , MSC D-PHYS

Scattering Amplitudes

Lecturers & Examiners: Dr. Vittorio Del Duca
Special Students UZH must book the module PHY577 directly at UZH.
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Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:02:04

Abstract

This course provides a pedagogical introduction to an advanced topic in Quantum Field Theories, which has undergone a tremendous progress in the new millennium: scattering amplitudes and on-shell methods.

Objective

Students that complete the course will be able to understand the basics of the modern methods to compute scattering amplitudes, to perform simple calculations and to read modern publications on this research field.

Content

This course covers the basic concepts of: -- spinor helicity formalism -- colour decompositions -- on-shell recursion relations -- colour-kinematics duality -- scattering equations -- unitarity: * optical theorem * uniqueness of Yang-Mills * uniqueness of General Relativity * unitarity method -- Feynman integrals: IBPs and differential equations -- analytic and algebraic structure of loop-level amplitudes: * Hopf algebra, symbols and coproducts * multiple polylogarithms (a.k.a. as iterated integrals on the Riemann sphere) * elliptic and modular-form integrals (a.k.a. as iterated integrals on the torus)

Resources

Lecture Notes

Will be provided at the Moodle site for the course.

Literature

Will be provided at the Moodle site for the course.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
DR , MSC

Examination

Type
session examination
Mode
oral 30 minutes

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Scattering Amplitudes
**together with University of Zurich**
  • Thu 09:45-11:30 (HCP E 47.2)
2 h weekly
exercise Scattering Amplitudes
**together with University of Zurich**
  • Thu 11:45-12:30 (HIL E 10.1)
  • Thu 11:45-12:30 (HIT H 51)
1 h weekly

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