Lecture Notes in Quantum Field theory (PDF 142P)

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

Quantum Theory by James Sparks

This note describes the following topics: Classical particles and waves, Physical background and wave-particle duality, Wave mechanics, The Born interpretation, The harmonic oscillator, The mathematical structure of quantum theory, Statistical aspects of quantum theory, Angular momentum, The hydrogen atom.

Author(s): James Sparks

82 Pages

Quantum Field Theory by Badis Ydri

This note covers the following topics: Free Fields, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, Canonical Quantization of Free Field, Canonical Quantization of Interacting Fields.

Author(s): Badis Ydri

155 Pages

A Very Short Introduction to Quantum Field Theory

This note covers the following topics: Second Quantization and Relativistic Fields, The Interaction Picture and the S-Matrix, The Trouble with Loops, Cross Sections and Decay Rates, The Dirac Equation, The Photon Field, Quantum Electrodynamics.

Author(s): A. W. Stetz

145 Pages