High Energy Another typo in Peskin & Schroeder's QFT?

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The forum discussion addresses a potential typo in the textbook "An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" by Peskin & Schroeder. Specifically, the user questions whether the expression on page 103, following equation (4.68), should include a complex conjugate for ##\phi_f({\mathbf p}_f)##. The consensus confirms that the expression indeed requires the complex conjugation, highlighting the importance of accuracy in quantum field theory texts.

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I'm using a Peskin & Schroeder's copy that looks like it has all typos corrected and I wonder if the following is an undetected typo:
On pp. 103 and on the RHS of the bra expression just after (4.68), shouldn't the ##\phi_f({\mathbf p}_f)## be complex conjugated?
 
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