Is Griffiths' Particle Physics Sufficient to Start Peskin and Schroeder's QFT?

In summary, the conversation discusses the necessary prerequisites for starting to learn quantum field theory (QFT) with Peskin and Schroeder's book. The main question is whether reading Griffiths' particle physics book is enough to understand the subject material, or if one also needs to learn graduate mechanics and electrodynamics first. The conversation also mentions Mark Srednicki's list of equations and concepts that are important for QFT, such as scattering cross-section, creation and annihilation operators, and Lorentz transformations. It is also asked if there are any other books besides Goldstein and Jackson that cover all the necessary mechanics and electrodynamics for QFT. The summary concludes by questioning if Griffiths' book is sufficient for completing all the
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if i read griffiths particle physics book will I have enough knowledge of the subject material to start reading peskin and schroeder's qft book or will I still have to learn graduate mechanics and electrodynamics first before starting on that. If I do need to look at graduate mechanics and electrodynamics is there any other book (other than goldstein and jackson) that give all the nessary mechanics and electrodynamics needed for qft or is all the mechanics and electrodynamics that you need to know for qft all of goldstein and jackson?
 
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Mark Srednicki gives the following list of equations (lattached as gif) that one should be familiar with before tackling http://www.physics.ucsb.edu/%7Emark/qft.html. Or in terms of the concepts:

Scattering cross-section
Creation (and annihilation) operator
Angular momentum ladder operators
Heisenberg and Schroedinger pictures
Hamiltonian and Lagrangian
Lorentz transformations and 4-momentum
Electromagnetic vector and scalar potentials
 

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but will griffiths still help me complete all prequisites to start learning qft with pesking a schroeder or would i still have to read from goldstein and jackson?
 

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