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How do you learn quantum field theory? I took a tiny amount of QM in school - basically, solving the Schrodinger equation for a few simple systems. What's the n

How do you learn quantum field theory? I took a tiny amount of QM in school - basically, solving the Schrodinger equation for a few simple systems. What's the next step?

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noobermin 10y ago
I read Shrednicki[0]'s book, a pre-print is freely available online (or was 4 or so years ago). A class in Grad school solidified it for me, specifically because they related it back to physics, like the standard model. If you're going to start learning QFT, I suggest you try to understand time-dependent perturbation theory as much as possible. Also, be sure you have a handle on special relativity and scattering theory. QFT that most people use is really those things combined. [0] http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/ms-qft-DRAFT.pdf http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/ms-qft-DRAFT.pdf
- JadeNB 10y ago
  For what it's worth, that PDF says "Please DO NOT DISTRIBUTE this document. Instead, link to http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/∼mark/qft.html http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/∼mark/qft.html " (which has a link to the PDF).
  - noobermin 10y ago
    Fair enough. Unfortunately, I can't edit the comment now.