Introductory QED and QCD

A Hands On Guide to Quantum Field Theory

This note covers preliminaries, Creation and annihilation operators, Perturbation theory and scattering, Simple interactions, Emergence of classical fields, Locality, Semiclassical methods, Symmetries, Electromagnetic fields, Collective effects, Special relativity in quantum mechanics, Relativistic spinless particle, Canonical methods, Scalar electrodynamics, Relativistic spin half particles, Quantum electrodynamics, Radiative corrections and renormalization, Beyond low order perturbation theory, Bound states, Path integrals and Path integrals for fields.

Author(s): C P Burgess

469 Pages

Lecture Notes on Quantum Field Theory by Kevin Zhou

The contents of this notes include: Scalar Fields, Interacting Scalar Fields, Spinor Fields, Vector Fields, Quantum Electrodynamics, Amplitudes, Path Integrals in Zero Dimensions, Path Integrals in Higher Dimensions, Wilsonian Renormalization, Perturbative Renormalization, Solitons, Monopoles , Anomalies, Instantons.

Author(s): Kevin Zhou

270 Pages

Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

This book covers the following topics The Microscopic Theory of Radiation, Lorentz Invariance and Convention, Second Quantization, Classical Field Theory, Old Fashioned Perturbation Theory, Cross Sections and Decay Rates, he LSZ reduction formula and the Feynman propagator, Feynman Rules, Gauge Invariance, Scalar QED, Spinors and the Dirac Equation, Quantum Electrodynamics, Treelevel QED, Path Integrals, The Casimir Effect, Regularization Schemes and Tricks, Vacuum Polarization, Systematic Renormalization, Infrared Divergences.

Author(s): Matthew Schwartz, Harvard University

262 Pages

Quantum Field Theory PJ Mulders

This book describes the following topics: Relativistic wave equations, Groups and their representations, The Dirac equation, Vector fields and Maxwell equations, Classical lagrangian field theory, Quantization of field, Discrete symmetries, Path integrals and quantum mechanics, Feynman diagrams for scattering amplitudes, Scattering theory and The standard model.

Author(s): P.J. Mulders

139 Pages

Quantum Field Theory I

This book covers the following topics Constructing Quantum Field Theory, symmetries and Conservation Laws, nonRelativistic Quantum Mechanics, Interacting Fields, Perturbation Theory for nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, Decay Widths, Cross Sections and Phase Space, Quantizing the Dirac Lagrangian, vector Fields and Quantum Electrodynamics.

Author(s): Michael Luke

193 Pages

Quantum Field Theory PDF 155p

This book provides a very clear and well written introduction to Quantum Field Theory. Topics covered includes: Classical Field Theory, Free Fields, Interacting Fields, The Dirac Equation, Quantizing the Dirac Field and Quantum Electrodynamics.

Author(s): Dr David Tong

155 Pages