FAQ: 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 ] [ Errata ]; “ This is a roadmap; aim for the journey. ”
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.

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« What is the one key distinction of this book, as compared with other texts on elementary particle physics?: » Conceptually consistent comprehensiveness. Most other elementary particle physics texts aim to reach the contents of the Standard Model, which describes “subatomic physics.” This text also introduces grand unified models, general relativity and cosmology, supersymmetry and superstrings while following the same conceptually unified methodology. Borrowing from the introduction (p.xiii) and the concluding chapter (p.409):