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Tutorial Plan

Textbook: Mandl, Franz and Shaw, Graham - Quantum Field Theory (2nd ed., 2010),
ISBN: 9780471496830

Chapters in Mandl and Shaw
2 Lagrangian field theory
3 Klein-Gordon field
4 Dirac field
5 Photons
6 S-matrix expansion
7 Feynman diagrams
8 QED at lowest order
(9)(Radiative corrections)
(10)(Regularization)
11 Gauge theories
13 Path integrals
(14)(QCD)
(15)(Asymptotic freedom)
16 Weak interactions
17 Gauge theory of weak interactions
18 Spontaneous symmetry breaking
19 Standard electro-weak theory
Chapters in Schwartz
2 Lorentz transformations
5 Cross-sections
10 Spinors and Dirac equations
Additional topics
Group theory(join with Schwartz, Ch 2)
Heisenberg algebra (ladder operators)(join with KG-field)

Note: Four chapters in parentheses (9, 10, 14 & 15) — if there is time.

Supplementary reading:

  • "Classical Mechanics" by H. Goldstein, C. P. Poole, J. L. Safko (chapter 13)
  • "Quantum Theory and the Standard Model" by Matthew D. Schwartz (Cambridge University Press)
  • "Quantum Field Theory" by Mark Srednicki. (You can try a prepublication draft of this book on the author's webpage here. Note that the author follows different signature convention for the metric than one usually used in Mandl and Shaw.)
  • Another book for path integrals in QFT is "Field Theory: A Modern Primer" by Pierre Ramond, section 3.1, 3.2, 4.1.