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616 pages, 2006

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A very large, recent QFT book with 20 plus chapters: Selected Topics from contents: "spin zero bosons,Attempts at relativistic quantum mechanics, Lorentz Invariance (prerequisite: 1), 3 Canonical Quantization of Scalar Fields (2) 36 4 The Spin-Statistics Theorem (3) 45 5 The LSZ Reduction Formula (3) 49 6 Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics 57 7 The Path Integral for the Harmonic Oscillator (6) 63 8 The Path Integral for Free Field Theory (3, 7) 67 9 The Path Integral for Interacting Field Theory (8) 71 10 Scattering Amplitudes and the Feynman Rules (5, 9) 87 11 Cross Sections and Decay Rates (10) 93 12 Dimensional Analysis with \hbar = c = 1 (3) 104 13 The Lehmann-K\"all\'en Form of the Exact Exact Propagator (9) 106 14 Loop Corrections to the Propagator (10, 12, 13) 109 15 The One-Loop Correction in Lehmann-Kallen Form (14) 120 16 Loop Corrections to the Vertex (14) 124 17 Other 1PI Vertices (16) 127 18 Higher--Order Corrections and Renormalizability (17) 19 Perturbation Theory to All Orders (18) 133 20 Two-Particle Elastic Scattering at One Loop (19) 135 21 The Quantum Action (19) 139 22 Continuous Symmetries and Conserved Currents (8) 144 23 Discrete Symmetries: P, T, C, and Z (22) 152 24 Nonabelian Symmetries (22) 157 25 Unstable Particles and Resonances (14) 161 26 Infrared Divergences (20) 167 27 Other Renormalization Schemes (26) 172 28 The Renormalization Group (27) 178 29 Effective Field Theory (28) 185 30 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking (21) 196 31 Broken Symmetry and Loop Corrections (30) 200 32 Spontaneous Breaking of Continuous Symmetries (22, 30)205 II Spin One Half 210 33 Representations of the Lorentz Group (2) 211 34 Left-- and Right--Handed Spinor Fields (3, 33) 215 35 Manipulating Spinor Indices (34) 222 36 Lagrangians for Spinor Fields (22, 35) 226 37 Canonical Quantization of Spinor Fields I (36) 236 38 Spinor Technology (37) 240 39 Canonical Quantization of Spinor Fields II (38) 246 40 Parity, Time Reversal, and Charge Conjugation (23, 39) 254, and much more" Downloadable, with corrections, at: http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/ms-qft-DRAFT.pdf

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