Assignments

The homework assignments are due in the lecture sessions mentioned in the table below.

Lec # topics assignments
6 Matching with Massive Electrons, Right Handed Neutrinos, X-Decay Homework 1 (PDF)
8 Field Redefinitions, Running Quark Masses and Renormalons Homework 2 (PDF)
10 Mixing and 4-quark Operators, Electric Dipole Moments in the Standard Model, Operators for b Homework 3 (PDF)
12 Chiral Perturbation Theory and Decay Constants Homework 4 (PDF)
14 HQET for Antiquarks, Heavy-to-Light Form Factors in HQET Homework 5 (PDF)
18 Renormalization of cF (µ), Heavy-to-Light Currents in HQET, OPE for BXcenu. Homework 6 (PDF)
22 One-loop Exact β-function in NN EFT, Deuteron Electromagnetic Form Factor, Counting Operators with Group Theory Homework 7 (PDF)
27 Non-Relativistic QCD at the ILC, SCET Operators with Collinear Quarks, Decoupling of Ultrasoft Gluons in SCETI, Decoupling of Soft and Collinear Gluons in SCETII, Pion Light-Cone Distribution Function Homework 8-9 (PDF)

The following table lists the problem sets used when this course was taught in Spring 2003. Some of the old problems were not re-used, because the emphasis on various topics had changed.

topics assignments
Muon Decay Rate, Matching with Massive Electrons, Right Handed Neutrinos Problem Set 1 (PDF)
Field Redefinitions, Quark Masses and Renormalons, b and QCD Equations of Motion Problem Set 2 (PDF)
Mixing and 4-Quark Operators, Dimension 6 Operators and Short and Long Distance Contributions, CP Violation in Bππ Problem Set 3 (PDF)
HQET for Antiquarks, Heavy-to-Light Form Factors in HQET Problem Set 4 (PDF)
Renormalization of cF(µ), Heavy-to-Light Currents in HQET, Non-Perturbative Form Factor Corrections Problem Set 5 (This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.PDF)
Operator Product Expansion Problem Set 6 (PDF)
Chiral Perturbation Theory and Decay Constants Problem Set 7 (PDF)
Heavy Meson Chiral Perturbation Theory, Form Factors in D Kπeν, Chiral Lagrangian for Heavy Vector Mesons Problem Set 8 (PDF)
t-tbar Production near Threshold, Multipole Expansion of Ultrasoft Gluons Problem Set 9 (PDF)