Open Questions: Quantum Field Theory
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Open Directory Project: Quantum Field Theory
- Categorized and annotated quantum field theory links. A version of this
list is at
Google, with entries sorted in "page rank" order.
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Open Directory Project: Topological Quantum Field Theory
- Categorized and annotated topological quantum field theory links. A version of this
list is at
Google, with entries sorted in "page rank" order.
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Open Directory Project: Conformal Quantum Field Theory
- Categorized and annotated topological quantum field theory links. A version of this
list is at
Google, with entries sorted in "page rank" order.
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The Net Advance of Physics: Quantum Field Theory
- An index of selected tutorial and research articles on
quantum field theory located at the
physics preprint archive.
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Galaxy: Quantum Field Theory
- Categorized site directory. Entries usually include
descriptive annotations.
Sites with general resources
Surveys, overviews, tutorials
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Quantum field theory
- Article from
Wikipedia.
See also
Quantum electrodynamics,
Path integral forumulation,
Functional integration,
Feynman diagram,
Renormalization group
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18.238 Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, Fall 2002
- An undergraduate level course of
MIT OpenCourseWare, developed by Pavel Etingof.
Lecture notes are provided in PDF format.
The course
"is a rigorous introduction to perturbative quantum field theory,
using the language of functional integrals. It covers the basics
of classical field theory, free quantum theories and Feynman diagrams.
The goal is to discuss, using mathematical language, a number of
basic notions and results of QFT that are necessary to understand
talks and papers in QFT and String Theory."
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Renormalization Made Easy
- Non-technical explanation of "renormalization" in quantum field
theory, by John Baez.
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Fields
- Complete textbook on quantum (and classical) field theory,
by
Warren Siegel, available in various formats. Includes coverage
of recent topics such as supersymmetry, supergravity, and string
theory.
- Quantum Field Theory in Ninety Minutes
Paul Federbush
Bulletin of the AMS, July 1987, pp. 93-103
- The article developed from a 90-minute seminar lecture for
mathematicians with little or no background in physics. It
describes several types of QFT at a level accessible to
math graduate students. The main emphasis is on the two
dimensional p(φ)2 theory.
- What Is a Quantum Field Theory
David C. Brydges
Bulletin of the AMS, January 1983, pp. 31-40
- The article surveys a small part of the mathematics of
quantum field theory. It attempts to present QFT as a natural
generalization of Brownian motion and other types of "diffusion".
- Tian Y. Cao -- Conceptual Developments of 20th Century
Field Theories
Cambridge University Press, 1997
- Cao's book is a historical survey of field theory with
considerable depth. It covers everything from the basic quantum
mechanics and special relativity through efforts to develop a
"grand unified" field theory.
- Sunny Y. Auyang -- How is Quantum Field Theory Possible?
Oxford University Press, 1995
- This philosophical analysis also provides an introduction to
the physics of field theory. Includes discussion involving some
fairly sophisticated mathematics.
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