Lectures

Lectures will be in Loomis room 158 at 2:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Your attendance and participation is required. Lecture notes will be provided below. I will attempt to have them available prior to the lectures so that you can review the material ahead of time.

Lecture Notes

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Texts

There is no required textbook for the course, as the lecture notes are essentially a book. There are many textbooks on quantum field theory available that you might like to consult for a second opinion. Many of them are better read once you have an appreciation for the subject. There are many books on reserve in the Grainger library. Here are a few examples:

Peskin, Schroeder
An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
particle theory oriented
Fradkin
Quantum Field Theory
cmt oriented
Fradkin
Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics
CMT oriented
Srednicki
Quantum Field Theory
Weinberg
The Quantum Theory of Fields: Volume 1
hard going for the unitiated
Ryder
Quantum Field Theory
calculational

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