Errata: Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory

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Advanced Concepts in Particle and Field Theory

(Cambridge University Press, July 31, 2015, harcover) [ CUP ] [ A ] [ B ] [ FAQ ]

“ There is a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in. ” —Leonard Cohen

Notation: “p.n” = page n, “P.n” = paragraph n, “l.n” = line n, “S.m.n” = section n of chapter m;
n > 0 is counted downward/forward, n < 0 upward/backward.

If you notice any kind of error in the book, please, do let me know!

p.73, Digression 2.7, l. –4: “ relation ” → “ relations ” (plural)
p.74, (2.65): insert a missing ℏ on the right-hand side of the inequality
p.99, l. 1 after (3.58): “ p₂=... ” → “ p'₂=...”
p.99, (3.60): “ ..., p_i ), where... ” → “ ..., p'_i ), where...”
p.144, l.–1; p.560, l.2: “ Saharov ” → “ Sakharov ” (Western-standard spelling)
p.183, (5.80a): “ ¹/₄ ε^μνρσ... ” → “ ¹/₈ ε^μνρσ... ”
p.225, (6.6e): “...= – (... ” → “ ...= – c (both locations) & “...ℏc... ” → “ ...ℏ... (both denominators);
p.247, l.3 after (6.85): “ momentum ” → “ moment ” (left-most word-fragment, and middle of the row)
p.325, Digression 9.2: the results are given in the un-normalized basis, (no summation) e^μ = e^μ/h_μ and e_μ = e_μh_μwhere, (h_μ)² = g_μμ , where e^μ = e_μ are the usual unit-vectors; see again in Appendix B.2.
p.329, l.1 under Eq. (9.45) and subsequently: “ energy-momentum tensor density ” → “ energy-momentum density tensor ”
(the quantity defined in Eq. (9.45) is a tensor—not a tensor density as defined in Definition B.2 on p.522; its components however are densities in the other sense of the word: they are “some quantity per unit spatial 3D-volume”)
p.340, Digression 9.5., l.3 after (9.73b): “ 10⁻¹²⁷ ” → “ 10⁻¹²³ ” and “ 83 ” → “ 79 ”
p.342, (9.81), anti de Sitter branch: Whereas a “flat slicing” analogue of the de Sitter branch can be obtained, this most certainly is not it. Instead, suffice it here to cite the standard global expression “ − c² f(r) dt² + dr²/ f(r) + dr²dΩ² with f(r) = 1 + |Λ_AdS|r²/3 ”, and recall that Λ_AdS<0
p.365, l.6–7: “ Dmytro ” → “ Dmitry ”
p.467, Eq. (A.40o): “ J_±J_∓” → “ J_∓J_± ”
p.503, Eq. (B.13): multiply the right-hand side in both rows by n!
p.514, Def. B.6, l.2: “ (p'q') ” → “ (p', q') ” (pair-separating comma)
p.518, Eq. (B.80c), the 2nd relative sign (multiplying the 3rd term): “ – ” → “ + ”

Additions & Updates:

p.525, Table C.1 needs the updating additions:

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