Comments on: From Griffiths to Peskin: a lit review for beginners http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:03:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: MUSHFIQ http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-24528 MUSHFIQ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:24:15 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-24528 Thanks for this nice review. Its really helpful. Thanks for this nice review. Its really helpful.

]]> By: Sidney Coleman QFT Video Recordings « An American Physics Student in England http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23717 Sidney Coleman QFT Video Recordings « An American Physics Student in England Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:40:12 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23717 [...] Coleman QFT Video Recordings 22Mar08 A very special thanks to theoreticalminimum for pointing out that Harvard has now put up streaming videos of Sidney Coleman’s 1975-1976 [...] [...] Coleman QFT Video Recordings 22Mar08 A very special thanks to theoreticalminimum for pointing out that Harvard has now put up streaming videos of Sidney Coleman’s 1975-1976 [...]

]]> By: theoreticalminimum http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23716 theoreticalminimum Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:23:59 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23716 <blockquote>Rumor has it that there also exist video recordings of Coleman’s lectures that are locked away in a Harvard vault. (Want to hear an easy way to make youTube that much more popular among physics students?)</blockquote> <a href="http://xkcd.com/397/" rel="nofollow">He</a> picked up the vault, and what he found was<a href="http://www.physics.harvard.edu/about/Phys253.html" rel="nofollow">this</a>!

Rumor has it that there also exist video recordings of Coleman’s lectures that are locked away in a Harvard vault. (Want to hear an easy way to make youTube that much more popular among physics students?)

He picked up the vault, and what he found wasthis!

]]> By: Introductory supersymmetry literature for the perplexed « An American Physics Student in England http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23698 Introductory supersymmetry literature for the perplexed « An American Physics Student in England Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:20:10 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23698 [...] (1) Quantum field theory. You should be comfortable reading a Lagrangian and writing down Feynman rules, working with [Dirac] spinors, (anti-)commutation relations, path integrals, and all that. It helps if you have a handle on Grassman variables (e.g. in the fermionic path integral) and have some working knowledge of renormalisation. If you’re familiar with BRST symmetry, you’ve already seen a kind of SUSY. I would say having worked through Peskin chapters 1-5, 9 (and ideally 10,12), and 15-16 would be a necessity. Alternately, the Ryder’s text up to chapter 8—but just enough of each chapter to feel comfortable reading the next chapter. If you’re looking for an approach with fewer physical pages to read, you could probably get away with Zee I, II, IV.1, IV.5, IV.6. For more options, see this post. [...] [...] (1) Quantum field theory. You should be comfortable reading a Lagrangian and writing down Feynman rules, working with [Dirac] spinors, (anti-)commutation relations, path integrals, and all that. It helps if you have a handle on Grassman variables (e.g. in the fermionic path integral) and have some working knowledge of renormalisation. If you’re familiar with BRST symmetry, you’ve already seen a kind of SUSY. I would say having worked through Peskin chapters 1-5, 9 (and ideally 10,12), and 15-16 would be a necessity. Alternately, the Ryder’s text up to chapter 8—but just enough of each chapter to feel comfortable reading the next chapter. If you’re looking for an approach with fewer physical pages to read, you could probably get away with Zee I, II, IV.1, IV.5, IV.6. For more options, see this post. [...]

]]> By: Congrats, you’ve got PhD offers… now what? « An American Physics Student in England http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23557 Congrats, you’ve got PhD offers… now what? « An American Physics Student in England Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:45:29 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-23557 [...] sit the exam), then that would be a natural place to start. Alternately, you can get a head start learning quantum field theory or whatever tickles your fancy. If you pick a paperback book you can bring it along for a picnic on [...] [...] sit the exam), then that would be a natural place to start. Alternately, you can get a head start learning quantum field theory or whatever tickles your fancy. If you pick a paperback book you can bring it along for a picnic on [...]

]]> By: Spinors, Chirality, and Majorana Mass « An American Physics Student in England http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-22868 Spinors, Chirality, and Majorana Mass « An American Physics Student in England Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:46:05 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-22868 [...] Chirality, and Majorana Mass 04Jan08 When I started learning field theory out of the canonical texts, I used to be very confused about the origin of spinors. [1] It wasn’t until I took a course [...] [...] Chirality, and Majorana Mass 04Jan08 When I started learning field theory out of the canonical texts, I used to be very confused about the origin of spinors. [1] It wasn’t until I took a course [...]

]]> By: Lecture Notes of 2007 « The Art of Equations http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-22611 Lecture Notes of 2007 « The Art of Equations Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:44:55 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-22611 [...] These lecture notes are an excellent introduction for people who want to learn the difficult QFT. For people who want more information on QFT books for beginners Flip wrote a popular article in the blogosphere: From Griffiths to Peskin: a lit review for beginners [...] [...] These lecture notes are an excellent introduction for people who want to learn the difficult QFT. For people who want more information on QFT books for beginners Flip wrote a popular article in the blogosphere: From Griffiths to Peskin: a lit review for beginners [...]

]]> By: VR http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-20025 VR Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:29:21 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-20025 Hi Flip, I've been using Greiner for a few weeks now and it's great! The extra level of detail really helps to understand the complicated machinery behind some of the QFT calculations. Would recommend it to anyone starting this subject. And thanks for your recommendation! VR Hi Flip,

I’ve been using Greiner for a few weeks now and it’s great! The extra level of detail really helps to understand the complicated machinery behind some of the QFT calculations. Would recommend it to anyone starting this subject. And thanks for your recommendation!

VR

]]> By: Thomas Watson http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-17010 Thomas Watson Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:06:18 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-17010 I fully recommend the new book by Srednicki. Much of the first lot of chapters seems to be borrowed from Weinberg but rewritten to be comprehensible. It also looks at the Majorana field, which no other book in the above list looks at with any depth. Along with Peskin and Schroeder, it is the best book on the market for students. I fully recommend the new book by Srednicki. Much of the first lot of chapters seems to be borrowed from Weinberg but rewritten to be comprehensible. It also looks at the Majorana field, which no other book in the above list looks at with any depth. Along with Peskin and Schroeder, it is the best book on the market for students.

]]> By: fliptomato http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-16995 fliptomato Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:38:26 +0000 http://fliptomato.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/from-griffiths-to-peskin-a-lit-review-for-beginners/#comment-16995 Hey VR. I believe Greiner is at the right level. For the AQFT course I suggest working through Cheng and Li's problems and solutions book. Best, Flip Hey VR. I believe Greiner is at the right level. For the AQFT course I suggest working through Cheng and Li’s problems and solutions book.

Best,
Flip

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