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MIT 8.851 Effective Field Theory, Spring 2013

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View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-851S13

Instructor: Iain Stewart

Video Lectures from 8.851 Effective Field Theory, Spring 2013

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Videos in this playlist 26

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

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