Weinberg QFT Vol I Solutions

Solutions to select problems

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This post contains solutions to select problems in Steven Weinberg’s “The Quantum Theory of Fields: Vol. I”. The PDF (link above) was authored by Hong-Yi Zhang, Siyang Ling, Jiazhao Lin, and myself. Please note that this is still a work in progress. If you notice any mistakes please contact me at rmh14 [at] rice [dot] edu.

Currently solutions are available for the following problems:

Chapter 2

  • Problem 2.2
  • Problem 2.5

Chapter 3

  • Problem 3.3
  • Problem 3.4

Chapter 4

  • Problem 4.1
  • Problem 4.2 (not finished)

Chapter 5

  • Problem 5.1
  • Problem 5.4
  • Problem 5.5

Chapter 6

  • Problem 6.4

Chapter 7

  • Problem 7.1

Chapter 9

  • Problem 9.1 (Update 13 Feb 2023: solution corrected by Jiangyuan Qian)
Ray Hagimoto
Ray Hagimoto
PhD Student

Cosmology theorist in training, investigating axion cosmic strings.