Strathdee,course on quantum electrodynamics, ictp lecture notes. This problem book is based on the exercises and lectures which i have given to undergraduate and graduate students of the faculty of physics, university of belgrade over many years. The following chapters are dedicated to quantum electrodynamics and quantum chromodynamics, followed by the renormalization theory. Quantum field theory franz mandl graham shaw 2nd edition. It takes a unique route to through the subject, focussing initially on particles rather than elds. It exemplifies quantum field theory in terms of quantum electrodynamics. Modern quantum field theory a concise introduction quantum.
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