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Introduction to lattice gauge theory for non-high energy physicsts
Can anyone recommend a good introduction to lattice gauge theory (e.g. books, review articles, or lecture notes) that is aimed at/accessible to someone with a background in condensed matter physics, ...
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Reference on partial wave expansion in the context of QFT
Weinberg is too terse on the subject, does anyone know of good reference on how partial wave expansion is used in QFT, especially in studying resonant structures.
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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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Self-Study Textbook Progression from QM to QFT? [duplicate]
I will put the TL;DR in the beginning: I need a self-contained, relatively hand-holding sequence of textbooks that covers up from the end of Griffith's Intro to QM to relativistic QM/particle physics ...
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Where can I find a simple explanation or lectures of QM and QFT? [duplicate]
If anyone knows any books or video lectures that explain QM and QFT in a simple way, with more focus on the ideas and concepts behind it than the details of calculus. I need to conceptually understand ...
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References on coherent states
I've begun my Master degree final work and I was asked to study in details coherent states. The goal is to apply them to a QFT formalism for a scalar potential effectively decribing the weak field ...
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Klein-Gordon equation and Dirac equation
I am facing hardships understanding these equations mainly due to the confusing terminologies used in books. Can anyone suggest an easy to read explanation and then one which has mathematically ...
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From QM to QFT learning approach
The passage from the undergraduated course of quantum mechanics and the first course of qft was plenty traumatic: usual concepts like the hamiltonian of a system with its energy eigenstates, orbital ...
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Good book to study entanglement in detail
Can anybody suggest a good book to know about quantum entanglement? I am a master's student and I have good knowledge of quantum mechanics. I want to know more on this subject. It would also be useful ...
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Formation of hydrogen atom by electron proton collision [duplicate]
Suppose we have an electron $e$ and a proton $p$ colliding to form a hydrogen atom that is the reaction
$e+p\rightarrow H + \gamma$ where $H$ is an hydrogen atom and $\gamma$ is some photon.
The ...
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Multi-instanton contribution to path integral
Briefly, I would like to have a reference to a clear detailed exposition of the computation of the multi-instanton contribution to the path integral while computing the energy levels splitting of the ...
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What is the mathematical background needed for quantum physics? [duplicate]
I'm a computer scientist with a huge interest in mathematics. I have also recently started to develop some interest about quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. Assuming some knowledge in the ...
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Mathematical formulation of density matrix on hypersurface in 3+1 formalism
Of course we have a notion of qft in curved spacetime, though I'm not sure how one can represent a particle state on curved spacetime without a timelike Killing vector field (i.e. a particle should ...
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References for examples of $\ast$-algebra approach to QM and QFT
In studying QFT on curved spacetime I've found the $\ast$-algebra approach as one viable approach to the subject on the paper Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime by Wald.
The $\ast$-algebra approach ...
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Any suggestion for a book that includes quantum mechanics principles and smoothly introduces you to QED (quantum electrodynamics)?
I am not a physicist but I am into quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics.
In my department, the quantum mechanics we do include only Schroedinger's equation and problems, some approximation ...
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Scattering theory textbooks
I am looking for a possibly extensive list of great textbooks on elastic and inelastic scattering of particles within quantum field theory. So far I am familiar with:
Peskin and Schroeder: An ...
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Does one really need classical physics in order to understand quantum physics? [closed]
I want to start studying quantum mechanics, and then move to quantum field theory. I have a strong mathematical background, and I think this aspect of quantum physics won't be a problem to me. Though, ...
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Problem books like I.E. Irodov for advanced physics [duplicate]
I really enjoyed doing problems from Irodov while learning introductory physics. But I am not able to find a book like that for Graduate level physics. Can you suggest me a book which has good (and ...
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