There's a fairly standard two or three-semester curriculum for introductory quantum field theory, which covers topics such as:
- classical field theory background
- canonical quantization, path integrals
- the Dirac field
- quantum electrodynamics
- computing $S$-matrix elements in perturbation theory, decay rates, cross sections
- renormalization at one loop
- Yang-Mills theory
- spontaneous symmetry breaking
- the Standard Model
What is a good, complete and comprehensive book that covers topics such as these?
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