Lecture 4: Canonical Quantization of a Free Scalar Field Theory

MIT 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I, Spring 2023 Instructor: Hong Liu View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/8-323-rel... YouTube Playlist:    • MIT 8.323 Relativistic Quantum Field Theor...   Canonical quantization of a free scalar field theory, canonical commutation relations, mode expansion, a free field theory can be viewed as an infinite number of harmonic oscillators, expressing the Hamiltonian and other conserved charges in terms of oscillators, vacuum energy, structure of Hilbert space License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at https://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at https://ocw.mit.edu We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCW’s YouTube and other social media channels. Personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, and inappropriate comments are not allowed and may be removed. More details at https://ocw.mit.edu/comments.