Re: References to a pure path integral approach to QFT



On 2005-06-29, theosekmechanes@xxxxxxxxx <theosekmechanes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Does anyone know of references, books review articles,
> which cover QFT using only path integrals and make no
> use of "states." Something along the lines of the book
> "Introduction to Gauge Field Theory" by Bailin and Love,
> but pitched at a more advanced audience.

Ramond, _A modern field theory primer_.
Zee, _QFT in a nutshell_.

>>From the physicist's point of view, the canonical (operators and states)
and path integral pictures are equivalent. Learning to appreciate the
equivalence can only enrich your understanding.

Igor

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