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Hi all,
I am in a bit of a funny situation where I need to pick up at least a cursory knowledge of QFT and particle physics in the space of two weeks. I borrowed "QFT and the Standard Model" by Schwartz but I have no idea how I should approach it. Ideally I'd pour through every page, but I definitely do not have the time to do so. Could someone suggest the topics (and their sequence) I should be focusing on? This is a link to the contents page: https://schwartzqft.fas.harvard.edu/
This is the current background I have: I know a little bit about classical field theory (Lagrangian/Lagrangian densities and whatnot) and special relativity from a course in Classical Electrodynamics. I also know a tiny bit of QFT/QED in the form of the quantisation of the EM field, however this was only a small part in a far-more-general course.
Also, I have no knowledge of Group Theory, so some advice regarding what I should read from this book (Intro to tensors and group theory for physicists): https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319147932 would be nice as well!
Thanks in advance!
PS Basically I will be attending some lectures on particle physics in the summer holidays and after looking through the slides, I realized that I had absolutely no idea about what was going on. It's slightly worrying as I do wish to learn something from these lectures.
I've attached the slides to the introductory lecture: https://indico.cern.ch/event/709526/attachments/1670640/2686573/intro_pp_18.pdf
I am in a bit of a funny situation where I need to pick up at least a cursory knowledge of QFT and particle physics in the space of two weeks. I borrowed "QFT and the Standard Model" by Schwartz but I have no idea how I should approach it. Ideally I'd pour through every page, but I definitely do not have the time to do so. Could someone suggest the topics (and their sequence) I should be focusing on? This is a link to the contents page: https://schwartzqft.fas.harvard.edu/
This is the current background I have: I know a little bit about classical field theory (Lagrangian/Lagrangian densities and whatnot) and special relativity from a course in Classical Electrodynamics. I also know a tiny bit of QFT/QED in the form of the quantisation of the EM field, however this was only a small part in a far-more-general course.
Also, I have no knowledge of Group Theory, so some advice regarding what I should read from this book (Intro to tensors and group theory for physicists): https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319147932 would be nice as well!
Thanks in advance!
PS Basically I will be attending some lectures on particle physics in the summer holidays and after looking through the slides, I realized that I had absolutely no idea about what was going on. It's slightly worrying as I do wish to learn something from these lectures.
I've attached the slides to the introductory lecture: https://indico.cern.ch/event/709526/attachments/1670640/2686573/intro_pp_18.pdf