Jun 6, 2011

Textbooks on Quantum Field Theory

Introductory and Intermediate:

Berestetskii, V. B.; Lifshitz, E.M.; Pitaevskii, L.P. (1982). (2nd ed.), (Vol. 4). Quantum Electrodynamics.
Ryder, L.H. (1985). Quantum Field Theory.
Coleman, Sidney (1988). Aspects of Symmetry.
Mandl, F.; Shaw, G. (1993). Quantum Field Theory.
Greiner, W.; Reinhardt, J. (1994). Quantum Electrodynamics.
Lowell S. Brown (1994). Quantum Field Theory.
Peskin, M.; Schroeder, D. (1995). An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory.
Greiner, W.; Müller, B. (2000). (3rd ed.). Gauge Theory of Weak Interactions.
Mahan, G. D. (2000). (3rd ed.). Many-Particle Physics.
Zee, A (徐一鸿). (2003). Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell.
Clarkson, R.; McKeon, D. G. C. (2003). Quantum Field Theory.
Nair, V. (2004). Quantum Field Theory: a modern perspective.
李政道 (2006). 粒子物理和场论.
Srednicki, Mark (2007). Quantum Field Theory.
Alexander, A.; Simon, B. (2007). Condensed Matter Field Theory.
Reinhardt, J.; Greiner W. (2008). Field Quantization.
McMahon, David (2008). Quantum Field Theory Demystified.
Das, A. (2008). Lectures on quantum field theory.
Banks, Tom (2008). Modern Quantum Field Theory: A Concise Introduction.
Dimock, Jonathan (2011). Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Field Theory: A Mathematical Primer.
Kleinert, H. (book in preparation). Particle and Quantum Fields.

Advanced:

Bogolubov, N. N.; Logunov, A. A.; and Todorov, I. T.. (1975). Introduction to Axiomatic Quantum Field Theory.
Abrikosov, A. A. (1975). Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics.
Itzykson, C.; Zuber, J.-B. (1980). Quantum Field Theory.
Collins, John (1986). Renormalization: An Introduction to Renormalization, the Renormalization Group and the Operator-Product Expansion.
Fradkin, E. (1991). Field Theories of Condensed Matter System.
Weinberg, S. (1995). The Quantum Theory of Fields, Vol. I, II, III.
Shifman, M. (2012). Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory: a lecture course.

Special Topics:

DeWitt, B. (1975). Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime.
Wald, Robert M. (1994). Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime and Black Hole Thermodynamics.
Quigg, Chris (1997). Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, and Electromagnetic Interactions.
Kleinert, H.; Schulte-Frohlinde, Verena (2001). Critical Properties of $\varphi^4$-Theories.
Zinn-Justin, Jean (2002). Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena.
Connes, A; Marcolli, M. (2007). Noncommutative Geometry, Quantum Fields and Motives.

Lecture Notes:

Siegel, W. (1999). Fields.
Etingof, Pavel. Mathematical ideas and notions of quantum field theory.
Dolgachev, Igor V.. Quantum Field Theories: an introduction.
Borcherds, R. E.; Barnard, A.. Lectures on Quantum Field Theory.
Segal, Irving. Introduction to Algebraic and Constructive Quantum Field Theory.
Tong, David, Quantum Field Theory.
Mulders, P. J.. Quantum Field Theory.
Polyak, Michael (2004). Feynman diagrams for pedestrians and mathematicians.
Casalbuoni, Roberto (2005). Advanced Quantum Field Theory.
Schmidt, Michael G. (2007). Quantum Field Theory I.
Arodz, Henryk; Hadasz, Leszek (2011). Lectures on Classical and Quantum Theory of Fields.
Luke, M. (2011). PHY2403F Lecture Notes.
Flory, Mario; Helling, Robert C.; Sluka, Constantin (2012). How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love QFT.
Osborn, Hugh (2013). Advanced Quantum Field Theory.
Fredenhagen, Klaus; Rejzner, Katarzyna (2013). Perturbative algebraic quantum field theory.

Legacy Lecture Notes:

Fermi, E. (1932). Quantum Theory of Radiation.
http://fafnir.phyast.pitt.edu/py3765/FermiQED.pdf

Dyson, Freeman (1951). Quatum Field Theory notes at Cornell.
http://fafnir.phyast.pitt.edu/py3765/DysonQFT.pdf

Coleman, Sidney (1985). Quatum Field Theory notes at Harvard.
http://fafnir.phyast.pitt.edu/py3765/Coleman-QFT.pdf