Physics P621-622
Relativistic Quantum Field Theory I-II

• Poincare Algebra
• Klein Gordon, Dirac Equations
• Scattering theory
• Feynman Rules
• phi^4 scalar field theory
• QED & non-Abelian gauge theories
• Spontaneous symmetry breaking
• One-loop calculation
• Renormalization
• Renormalization Group
• Path Integral
• Nonperturbative Methods
• Functional Methods - Connection to Stat. Mech.
• Operator Product Expansion
• Background Field Methods
• Current topics in QFT

Text

M. Peskin and R. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.

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Other Useful Reference Material

V. B. Berestetskii, et al., Quantum Electrodynamics [on reserve].

J.D. Bjorken and S.D. Drell, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics [on reserve].

J.D. Bjorken and S.D. Drell, Relativistic Quantum Fields [on reserve].

L. Brown, Quantum Field Theory [on reserve].

F. Gross, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics and Field Theory [on reserve].

B. Hatfield, Quantum Field Theory of Point Particles and Strings [on reserve].

C. Itzykson and J. Zuber, Quantum Field Theory[on reserve].

M. Kaku, Quantum Field Theory: A Modern Introduction [on reserve].

P. Ramond, Field Theory: A Modern Primer [on reserve].

L. Ryder, Quantum Field Theory[on reserve].

J. J. Sakurai, Advanced Quantum Mechanics.

W. Siegel, Fields, Available online.

S. Weinberg, Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. 1 & 2 [on reserve].

J. Zinn-Justin, Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena.

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