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Pierre Ramond , “Field Theory: A Modern Primer”
Westview Press; 2 edition (December 21, 2001) | ISBN: 0201304503 | 352 pages | Djvu | 4,9 Mb
Field Theory presents the recent advances of perturbative relativistic field theory in a pedagogical and straightforward way. It will be of interest to graduate students who intend to specialize in high-energy physics.

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Gordon L. Kane, Mikhail A. Shifman, “The Supersymmetric World: The Beginnings of the Theory”
World Scientific Publishing Company (January 2001) | ISBN:9810245394 | 271 pages | PDF | 12,4 Mb
Contemporary Physics, 2002 “The personal reminiscences and historical reviews of the subject are enlightening and of considerable interest.” –This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

The Supersymmetric World: The Beginnings of the Theory by GLK n MAS
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The story of the discovery of supersymmetry is a fascinating one, unlike that of any other major development in the history of science. This engaging book presents a view of the process, mainly in the words of people who participated. It combines anecdotal descriptions and personal reminiscences with more technical accounts of the trailblazers, covering the birth of the theory and its first years - the origin of the idea, four-dimensional field theory realization, and supergravity. The eyewitnesses convey to us the drama of one of the deepest discoveries in theoretical physics in the 20th century. This book will be equally interesting and useful to young researchers in high energy physics and to mature scholars - physicists and historians of science.

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Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules: Theory and Computational Methods

Jorge Kohanoff , “Electronic Structure Calculations for Solids and Molecules: Theory and Computational Methods”
Cambridge University Press (July 24, 2006) | ISBN: 0521815916 | 370 pages | Djvu | 2,8 Mb
Electronic structure problems are studied in condensed matter physics and theoretical chemistry to provide important insights into the properties of matter. This graduate textbook describes the main theoretical approaches and computational techniques, from the simplest approximations to the most sophisticated methods. It starts with a detailed description of the various theoretical approaches to calculating the electronic structure of solids and molecules, including density-functional theory and chemical methods based on Hartree-Fock theory. The basic approximations are thoroughly discussed, and an in-depth overview of recent advances and alternative approaches in DFT is given. The second part discusses the different practical methods used to solve the electronic structure problem computationally, for both DFT and Hartree-Fock approaches. Adopting a unique and open approach, this textbook is aimed at graduate students in physics and chemistry, and is intended to improve communication between these communities. It also serves as a reference for researchers entering the field.
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