Quantum Field Theory

books

Relativistic Quantum Fields
by J.D. Bjorken and S.D. Drell (McGraw-Hill, 1965)

Quantum Field Theory
by L.S. Brown (CUP, 1992)

Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
by S.J. Chang (World Scientific, 1990)

Gauge Theory of Elementary Particle Physics
by T.P. Cheng and L.F. Li (Clarendon Press, 1984)

Quantum Field Theory
by K. Huang (John Wiley & Sons, 1998)

Quantum Field Theory
C. Itzykson and J-B. Zuber (McGraw-Hill, 1980)

Particle Physics and Introduction to Field Theory
T.D. Lee (Taylor & Francis, 1981)

An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory
by Michael E. Peskin, Daniel V. Schroeder (Westview Press, 1995, errata)

Quantum Field Theory
by Lewis H. Ryder (CUP, 1996)

The Quantum Theory of Fields
by Steven Weinberg (three volumes, CUP, 1995)

Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell
by A. Zee (Princeton University Press, 2003, errata)

Quantum Field Theory
by M. Srednicki (CUP, 2006, errata and downloadable draft)

reviews

Effective Field Theory, Past and Future
by Steven Weinberg (0908.1964 [hep-th], 21 pages)

Renormalization: general theory
by John C. Collins (hep-th/0602121, 9 pages, 4 figures)
concise review for Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (Elsevier, 2006)

Introduction to Effective Field Theory
by C.P. Burgess (hep-th/0701053, 55 pages)

A hint of renormalization
by B. Delamotte (hep-th/0212049, 17 pages)

Lectures on the functional renormalization group method
by Janos Polonyi (hep-th/0110026, 47 pages, 11 figures)

Quantum Field Theory program at IAS: Fall Term 1996

What is quantum field theory, and what did we think it is?
by Steven Weinberg (hep-th/9702027, 17 pages, no figures)

Quantum Field Theory
by Frank Wilczek (hep-th/9803075, 12 pages, 3 figures)

Introductory Lectures on Quantum Field Theory
by Luis Alvarez-Gaume, Miguel A. Vazquez-Mozo (hep-th/0510040, 96 pages, 16 figures)

Fields
by W. Siegel (hep-th/9912205, 710+21 pages, 44 figures)

Lectures on Quantum Field Theory
by R. E. Borcherds, A. Barnard (math-ph/0204014, 76 pages, 35 figures)

A Brief Course in Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking I. The Paleolitic Age
by Robert Brout (hep-th/0203096, 28 pages, 9 figures)

A Brief Course in Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking II. Modern Times: The BEH Mechanism
by Francois Englert (hep-th/0203097, 25 pages 9 figures)

Heat kernel expansion: user's manual
by D.V. Vassilevich (hep-th/0306138, 111 pages)

Heat Kernel Approach in Quantum Field Theory
by I. Avramidi (math-ph/0107018, 66 pages)

Axions: Past, Present, and Future
by Mark Srednicki (hep-th/0210172, 12 pages)

A Short Lecture on Divergences
by Alejandro Rivero (hep-th/0208180, 5 pages)

Bits and Pieces in Logarithmic Conformal Field Theory
by Michael Flohr (hep-th/0111228, 90 pages)

Perturbative Quantum Field Theory in the String-Inspired Formalism
by Christian Schubert (hep-th/0101036, 183 pages, 26 figures)

String-Based Perturbative Methods for Gauge Theories
by Zvi Bern (hep-ph/9304249, 66 pages)

Finite temperature field theory
by M.-P. Lombardo (hep-ph/0103141, 34 pages, 11 figures)

Critical Phenomena: An Introduction from a modern perspective
by Somendra M. Bhattacharjee (cond-mat/0011011, 26 pages, 2 figures)

Quantum Field Theory at Finite Temperature: An Introduction
by J. Zinn-Justin (hep-ph/0005272, 65 pages)

Exact Renormalization Group Equations. An Introductory Review
by C. Bagnuls, C. Bervillier (hep-th/0002034, 65 pages, 6 figures)

The Past and Future of S-Matrix Theory
by Alan. R. White (hep-ph/0002303, 43 pages, 12 figures)

Algebraic Quantum Field Theory and Operator Algebras
by B. Schroer (math-ph/0102018, 69 pages)

An algebraic approach to logarithmic conformal field theory
by Matthias R. Gaberdiel (hep-th/0111260, 55 pages, 2 figures)

Topological quantum field theories
by Albert Schwarz (hep-th/0011260)

Introduction to Effective Field Theory
by Barry R. Holstein (nucl-th/0010015, 12 pages)

Renormalons
by M. Beneke (hep-ph/9807443, 168 pages, 23 figures)

Restrictions Imposed by Superconformal Invariance on Quantum Field Theories
by Shiraz Minwalla (hep-th/9712074, 66 pages)

An Introduction to the Worldline Technique for Quantum Field Theory Calculations
by Christian Schubert (hep-th/9610108, 33 pages, 10 figures)

Effective Field Theory and the Fermi Surface
by Joseph Polchinski (hep-th/9210046, 39 pages)

Aspects of Chern-Simons Theory
by Gerald V. Dunne (hep-th/9902115, 76 pages, 9 figures)

Part III (CASM) Quantum Field Theory Course in DAMTP 2006
by David Tong (144 pages)

Light-Cone Quantization: Foundations and Applications
by T. Heinzl (hep-th/0008096, 90 pages)