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Corrections to Second Edition, 4th revision (Sept 2022) of Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory
Note: 1st edition and 2nd edition (prior versions) users also need to check this 2nd edition, 4th revision corrections page for additional corrections.
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Significant Corrections (may impact learning process)
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Significant Correction |
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247 |
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April 17, 2024 |
Pedagogic aid Appendix: A bit more explanation is warranted. See Elaboration on Chap 8 Appendix. |
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247 |
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Nov 27, 2023 |
Fig. 8-13: The left diagram should have the direction of the top arrow reversed, so it is an incoming positron, not an electron. |
Glenn Rowe |
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521 |
Index |
Oct 5, 2023 |
After “contraction, as propagator, equal times contraction, 203, 208” add “, 247”. |
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526 |
Index |
Oct 5, 2023 |
Just above “target stationary system”, insert “tadpole diagram, 247” |
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475 |
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Pedagogic aid Line above (17-154): After “and”, add “the trace of the identity matrix in spinor space is 4, so we get” |
Jack Freinhar |
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415-416 |
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Nov 15, 2022 |
Pedagogic aid |
Jack Freinhar |
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171 |
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Sept 19, 2022 |
(6-22): Insert a minus sign after “Mk =” and note that the last relation for Qk is valid for v << 1. For v a significant fraction of the speed of light 1, and for more insight on (6-22), see www.quantumfieldtheory.info/Spinor_Lorentz_transf.pdf and the references in the footnote on this page 171. |
Anthony Soong |
Minor Corrections (should not impact learning process)
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Date Posted |
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322 |
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Dec 22, 2023 |
The quote below the chapter title is now thought by most scholars to have been written, not by Edward Dyer, but by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, whom I personally have come to believe is also the actual author of the works attributed to William Shakespeare. |
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140 |
5 |
Oct 5, 2023 |
3 lines above (5-31), delete comma after “Knowing that,” |
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195 |
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Oct 5, 2023 |
Page number on upper right is partially blanked out. |
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285b to 285c |
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Oct 5, 2023 |
On the upper right corner of pg 285a, remove “285b”. On the next page, at the top, remove “285c” and “287”. On that page, on the upper right corner, insert “285b”. On the page after that, in the upper left corner, change “288” to “285c”. |
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1 |
Aug 12, 2023 |
9th line: change “an muon” to - a muon - |
David Lear |
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485 |
17 |
Aug 12, 2023 |
4th row in chart, step 11a, 2nd column: “M|2” should be - |M|2.- |
David Lear |
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417 |
16 |
Nov 7, 2022 |
Delete first sentence after (16-54). |
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71 |
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Sept 26, 2022 |
3rd paragraph, 3rd line: after “field”, insert “operator” |
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272 |
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Sept 26, 2022 |
3rd paragraph, 1st line: remove underlining on “Fuller-Davies-Unruh effect”. |
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308 |
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Sept 26, 2022 |
2nd line up from bottom: underline “bn is a “constant” |
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