Would you like your possessions identified, John David the Terse?

[omnicortex]

All right, this is ridiculous. After a solid week of studying, as of this morning, I'm finally done with Jackson, for good. And you know what? I miss the damn thing. Stockholm Syndrome is the only explanation I've got. The slaying of Jackson is one of the most important rites of passage in a physicist's life, and the homework really was the major

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[psipaladin]

What book are you using for QFT?

[omnicortex]

It's not really a QFT book, just Schwabl's Advanced Quantum Mechanics, the last third of which seems to be an intro to QED. I'm not sure if we cover that in this course or if I'll have to wait for the QFT I-III courses.

What books have you used/liked for QFT? I got a torrent of a bunch, but I'm not sure which are good.

[psipaladin]

1. Quantum Field Theory, by Rider
2. Introduction to Quantum Field Theory, by Peskin & Schroeder

Ryder is easier (especially at first), but doesn't quite have everything a theorist needs. Peskin is weighed down by details, but one needs to master it eventually. I wouldn't say I really like either.

[omnicortex]

The pdf I have of Peskin & Schroeder is really nice and searchable, seems to be a publisher's manuscript, but the figures aren't showing up with my very old versions of Evince and Adobe Reader; I'll have to try it on my up-to-date laptop. Maybe a searchable version would be useful to you?

I can't find Ryder online, so I'll probably check the library. It looks like the illustrious Russians here use Mandl for the first semester, then Peskin, but it sounds like any course they teach doesn't really use the text at all.