EPFL Lectures on Conformal Field Theory in D ≥ 3 Dimensions - Couverture souple

Rychkov, Slava

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319436252 ISBN 13 : 9783319436258

Editeur : Springer, 2016

Synopsis

This primer develops Conformal Field Theory (CFT) from scratch, whereby CFT is viewed as any conformally-invariant theory that describes a fixed point of a renormalization group flow in quantum field theory.

The book is divided into four lectures: Lecture 1 addresses the physical foundations of conformal invariance, while Lecture 2 examines the constraints imposed by conformal symmetry on the correlation functions of local operators, presented using the so-called projective null cone – a procedure also known as the embedding formalism. In turn, Lecture 3 focuses on the radial quantization and the operator product expansion, while Lecture 4 offers a very brief introduction to the conformal bootstrap.

Derived from course-based notes, these lectures are intended as a first point of entry to this topic for Master and PhD students alike.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Prof. Vyacheslav (Slava) Rychkov obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 from Princeton University. Since 2012 he has been a staff member at CERN. In 2014 he was awarded the 'New Horizons in Physics Prize' for his work on conformal field theory.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This primer develops Conformal Field Theory (CFT) from scratch, whereby CFT is viewed as any conformally-invariant theory that describes a fixed point of a renormalization group flow in quantum field theory.

The book is divided into four lectures: Lecture 1 addresses the physical foundations of conformal invariance, while Lecture 2 examines the constraints imposed by conformal symmetry on the correlation functions of local operators, presented using the so-called projective null cone – a procedure also known as the embedding formalism. In turn, Lecture 3 focuses on the radial quantization and the operator product expansion, while Lecture 4 offers a very brief introduction to the conformal bootstrap.

Derived from course-based notes, these lectures are intended as a first point of entry to this topic for Master and PhD students alike.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319436252
• ISBN 13: 9783319436258
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 72
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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