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[เกียรติศักดิ์]

For further study of the subject to a more advanced level, what book or books would you recommend?

[piti118]

Depends on what kind of things you want to study a' krub.

I took group theory three times. They are all different

First time it was pure math. Algebraic structure studying group ring etc. I don't have a recommended book for this though. We use lecture notes. It has absolutely nothing to do with physics but fun to learn and prove things though.

Second time I took it from a physics professor, he focused on finite group for crystallography and treatment of Lie group and stuff for particle physics. You can download the lecture note though.
http://www.cithep.caltech.edu/~fcp/ph129/index.shtml

The third time is pure particle physics application. the book is called Lie Algebras in particle physics from isospin to unified theories by howard georgi. Pretty good book. I don't remember how much I bought it but I think since it's soft cover it should be cheap

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Second time I took it from a physics professor, he focused on finite group for crystallography and treatment of Lie group and stuff for particle physics. You can download the lecture note though.
http://www.cithep.caltech.edu/~fcp/ph129/index.shtml

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Thank you for the link. 

[kaktisiat]

Thank you.

[Noppadol]

I've attached a lecture note concerning applications of group theory in particle physics.

I, personally, found that appendix B of A. Zee's Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell (there's a copy in the Satang Library) very useful.

[เกียรติศักดิ์]

Thank you.