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QFT I
Overview
01. Relativistic spectrum
02. Identical particles
03. Field operators
04. Bogoliubov sound
05. Statistics and anyons
06. Free nonrelativistic fields
07. Klein–Gordon equation
08. Scalar action
09. Interaction picture
10. Time ordering
11. Feynman propagator
12. Wick theorem
13. Wick contractions
14. Gaussian integrals
15. Source functionals
16. Functional derivatives
17. Schwinger–Dyson identities
18. φ⁴ theory and diagrams
19. Self-energy and Dyson equation
20. Pole shifts and 1PI diagrams
21. Causality and support
22. Spectral representation
23. Thresholds and cuts
24. Scattering amplitudes
25. Pole residue
26. LSZ and cross sections
27. Euclidean continuation
28. Statistical mechanics
29. Critical behavior
30. Imaginary time
31. Lorentz group
32. Scalar and vector reps
33. Spinors and gamma matrices
34. Dirac equation
35. Dirac field quantization
36. Grassmann integrals
37. Vector fields and gauge
38. QED vertices
39. One-loop divergences
40. Renormalization and running
QFT II
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01. Effective actions
02. Contact scattering
03. Euclidean loop integrals
04. Scalar propagators and φ⁴
05. Leading logarithms
06. RG for the four-point vertex
07. Critical free energy
08. Mass tuning
09. Perturbative OPE
10. Wilsonian RG and mixing
11. Callan–Symanzik equations
12. QED as EFT
13. Vacuum polarization
14. Running charge
15. Proper time and traces
16. Background fields
17. Gauge beta functions
18. Dimensional transmutation
19. Ward identities
20. Current correlators
21. Fermi surface fields
22. Fermi-surface instabilities
23. Gauge fields in two dimensions
24. Schwinger model
25. Bosonization and sine-Gordon
26. Confinement and screening
27. Nonlinear sigma models
28. Sigma-model beta function
29. Large-N O(N) model
30. Spin chains and theta terms
31. Symmetry restoration
32. Sigma-model instantons
33. Theta angle
34. Monopoles and confinement
35. Instantons and decay
36. In–out and in–in
37. Bogoliubov pair creation
38. Rindler Green functions
39. Unruh temperature
40. Spheres and de Sitter
QFT III
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01. Ising model and graphs
02. Duality and mean field
03. Hubbard–Stratonovich field
04. Critical propagators
05. Epsilon expansion
06. Fixed points and disorder
07. Disorder lines and defects
08. Order–disorder fermions
09. Spinors and Ising limit
10. Lattice Dirac equations
11. Z₂ gauge systems
12. Scaling dimensions
13. Callan–Symanzik scaling
14. Conformal transformations
15. OPE and associativity
16. Finite conformal maps
17. Wightman functions and iε
18. Currents and Ward identities
19. Stress tensors and QED Ward identities
20. QED₂, Thirring model, and currents
21. Stress-tensor OPE and Ward identities
22. Primary fields and modes
23. Virasoro generators
24. Schwarzian and Virasoro
25. Global generators
26. Null states and BPZ
27. Degenerate fields and Kac labels
28. Minimal models and Ising fusion
29. Ising fermions and tricriticality
30. Superconformal currents and worldlines
31. Worldlines and worldsheets
32. Conformal gauge and 2D gravity
33. Conformal anomalies and Liouville
34. Gauge-invariant observables
35. Random lattices and surfaces
36. Superfluidity and accelerated frames
37. Compact phases and vortices
38. Compact gauge fields and defects
39. Wilson loops and confinement
40. Strings and AdS hints
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Courses
Volumes
Mathematical Methods
Foundations of Quantum Field Theory
Symmetry and Gauge Structure
Perturbative QFT and Scattering
Renormalization and Effective Field Theory
Gauge Theories and the Standard Model
Nonperturbative Dynamics
Lattice and Hamiltonian QFT
Conformal Field Theory and Bootstrap
Supersymmetry and Duality
Thermal and Nonequilibrium QFT
Many-Body QFT and Quantum Matter
Quantum Information in QFT
QFT in Curved Spacetime
Holography and Quantum Gravity
Mathematical QFT
Research
Reference
Resources
Literature
arXiv
Advanced search
hep-th new
hep-ph new
gr-qc new
math-ph new
INSPIRE
QFT notes
David Tong
Daniel Harlow
David Skinner
David Simmons-Duffin
Matthew Schwartz
Mark Srednicki
John Preskill
Strings and gravity
Xi Yin — String Notes
Hirosi Ooguri
Yuji Tachikawa
Thomas Hartman
John McGreevy
Sean Hartnoll
Marcos Mariño
Ashoke Sen
Reference
AdS/CFT Duality
Heun functions
Simons Bootstrap
Particle Data Group
Living Reviews in Relativity
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