Lattice Models and Conformal Field Theory - Couverture souple

Gabriel, Franck; Hongler, Clement; Spadaro, Francesco

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1470456184 ISBN 13 : 9781470456184

Editeur : American Mathematical Society, 2024

Synopsis

This book introduces the mathematical ideas connecting Statistical Mechanics and Conformal Field Theory (CFT). Building advanced structures on top of more elementary ones, the authors map out a well-posed road from simple lattice models to CFTs.

Structured in two parts, the book begins by exploring several two-dimensional lattice models, their phase transitions, and their conjectural connection with CFT. Through these lattice models and their local fields, the fundamental ideas and results of two-dimensional CFTs emerge, with a special emphasis on the Unitary Minimal Models of CFT. Delving into the delicate ideas that lead to the classification of these CFTs, the authors discuss the assumptions on the lattice models whose scaling limits are described by CFTs. This produces a probabilistic rather than an axiomatic or algebraic definition of CFTs.

Suitable for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and physics, Lattice Models and Conformal Field Theory introduces the ideas at the core of Statistical Field Theory. Assuming only undergraduate probability and complex analysis, the authors carefully motivate every argument and assumption made. Concrete examples and exercises allow readers to check their progress throughout.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Franck Gabriel, Universite Lyon 1, France, Clement Hongler, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Francesco Spadaro, Zurich, Switzerland.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: American Mathematical Society
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1470456184
• ISBN 13: 9781470456184
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 205
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• Personne responsable: non disponible