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Fall 2007 - Spring 2008


Meeting Time & Location, Fall 2007: Thursdays from 6:30PM to 8:00PM, in 304 Robeson

DatePresenterSupervisor
September 20:I will give a brief overview of QFT.Takeuchi
September 27:Jon Cook will start off from Chapter 2 of Ryder.Minic
October 4:Jon Cook.Sharpe
October 11:Jon Cook.Takeuchi
October 18:Jon Cook, Anastasios PeppasSharpe
October 23 (Tue):Sharpe
November 1:Sharpe
November 8:Takeuchi
November 15:Takeuchi
November 22:Thanksgiving break
November 29:Takeuchi
December 6:Reading day

Textbook:

   We will be using the following book:

  • Quantum Field Theory by Lewis H. Ryder
    # Paperback: 507 pages
    # Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (June 13, 1996)
    # Language: English
    # ISBN-10: 0521478146
    # ISBN-13: 978-0521478144

   Other books you may want to read on the side are:

  • An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory by Michael E. Peskin and Dan V. Schroeder
    # Hardcover: 864 pages
    # Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (June 1995)
    # Language: English
    # ISBN-10: 0201503972
    # ISBN-13: 978-0201503975

  • Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell by Anthony Zee
    # Hardcover: 536 pages
    # Publisher: Princeton University Press (March 10, 2003)
    # Language: English
    # ISBN-10: 0691010196
    # ISBN-13: 978-0691010199