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Hi Marianne,</div>
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This sounds like an awesome idea! I haven't done any decent QFT stuff, but I feel like after group theory I've got at least a basic handle on tensor stuff again. As a result, I'd be interested but don't think I'd have the mastery required to do any presentations.
What do you think? The syllabus looks pretty intimidating.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> grads <grads-bounces@trmail.triumf.ca> on behalf of Marianne Moore <mmoore@triumf.ca><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 27 April 2020 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> grads@lists.triumf.ca <grads@trmail.triumf.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Effective Field Theory Reading Course</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Hello everyone,</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">I plan to run a reading course on effective field theory over the Summer term, based on the edX course by Prof. Iain Stewart from MIT (<span lang="FR-CA"><a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edx.org%2Fcourse%2Feffective-field-theory&data=02%7C01%7Cgleckenby%40triumf.ca%7C70e92aaa5c354b84a18508d7eb012047%7Cc20535109cb34679a2d38f442e03b587%7C1%7C0%7C637236262415196084&sdata=UsZ4yUeRG6zpskklyJXcVe3B0P0E0KPNeYzufbjCk2s%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.edx.org/course/effective-field-theory" shash="ka0MPZKJYvoPojD2SFu/ZUELZJpUP69DZh7KbkGBP0z664Vy7P/YFjo8Hch9qiVZtw46BJ/tnjC8sgQeTwRQoY/ufJtpObjshSvX0x3tUAWKhydkdUXlxzcU9irUCSPUf2ne5G29V50UpVkuywDPxc60YgZit3v4qMQLddcrlmM="><span lang="EN-CA">https://www.edx.org/course/effective-field-theory</span></a></span>).
The topic requires that you have some familiarity with quantum field theory. I’ve included at the end of the email a description of the course by Iain Stewart, and attached the detailed syllabus.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">The general idea is that people watch the videos corresponding to the week’s topic, and on Fridays afternoon (2-4 pm) we meet up through videoconferencing with Zoom. The first hour will be a presentation, and the second hour will be a
discussion of problems, both of which will be led by an assigned presenter. </p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Please respond to this email no later than <b>Thursday, April 30
</b>if you are interested. I would like to have a quick meeting on Friday (May 1<sup>st</sup>) at 3pm so we can meet face to face (on video), discuss our goals and what we would like to learn from this experience, and if the scheduling works for everyone (or
what accommodates the majority).</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Sincerely,</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Marianne Moore</p>
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