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Prerequisites to learn/work on double copy theory and amplitude methods for gravity
I am a PhD student in classical gravity; specifically in BH perturbation and GW.
I am interested in learning about the double copy and the use of scattering amplitudes in understanding GW physics. I ...
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Self Understanding the technical concepts of Quantum Mechanics [duplicate]
So I have always been passionate in physics but recently I began to take a greater interest in learning more than the curriculum of my age. I have a significant theoretical understanding of quantum ...
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Frederic Paul Schuller QFT notes
I have heard that Fredric Paul schuller gave a lecture on Quantum field theory once. Can someone provide me with the lecture notes of that course?
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Lecture Notes or videos closely following Peskin & Schroeder QFT chapter 6 and chapter 7 (Radiative Correction)
I am looking for Lecture Notes or videos closely following Peskin & Schroeder QFT chapter 6 and chapter 7 (Radiative Correction). I will be glad if someone suggest that.
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Set of problems on path integration technique with solutions?
Does there exist a book, lecture notes, or a collection of problem sets, that contains a big number of problems in path integration technique, with solutions, akin to books that contain multitudes of ...
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Solutions to problems in Schwartz QFT and the Standard Model
I am currently self studying QFT using Schwartz's book but I am unable to find any solutions to the exercises. Does anyone know if a solution manual exists for this book or if solutions are available ...
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Learning QFT from scratch [duplicate]
I'm a final-year physics degree student and I want to know about QFT, but my knowledge about tensor mathematics and groups of symmetries is really low, as my university doesn't offer us advanced ...
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Resources and Problems on Generalized Symmetries
There has been some recent buzz around generalized/higher form/categorical(?) symmetries in the physics community. I understand Seiberg's papers are a popular resource, and I am aware of McGreevy's ...
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Simplest Feynman diagram with fully detailed corresponding calculation
I have look into a dozens of graduate textbooks so far (very likely not the best ones) and I haven’t been able to find a case, in which all of the following requirements are satisfied at the same time:...
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Concise book about QFT suggestion
I have the following books about QFT:
Peskin-Schroeder
Lancaster-Blundell
Iliopoulos-Tomaras
I would like to know if there is a QFT that is as concise as Dirac's book about general Relativity.
What ...
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How inaccurate is the following mental picture of particle interaction in QFT?
Context: I ask this as a school teacher reaching past the boundaries of my expertise. A colleague was talking about the standard model with an advanced student, explaining how particles interact by ...
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Quantum field theory prerequisites [closed]
I am starting to learn Quantum field theory. What are the prerequisites from quantum mechanics? Please tell me the topics of quantum mechanics that are needed.
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Master thesis topics [closed]
I'm studying a Master degree in condensed matter physics but I've been always interested by theoretical physics, especially QFT and now I need to do a master thesis for graduating and I'm looking for ...
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Calculus of Feynman diagrams
Feynman diagrams are wonderful tools to visualize particle interactions. They make deep connections/points of view in quantum mechanics intuitive (e. g. antiparticles = arrows against the direction of ...
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Approach to QFT needed for string theory, canonical quantization or path integral? [closed]
Recently I have been searching for good introductory books to Quantum Field Theory in the hope of getting a good enough basis for string theory in about a semester or two. There exist two different ...