Epfl Lectures on Conformal Field Theory in D >= 3 Dimensions
Rychkov, Slava
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2016-10-11
- 售價: $3,230
- 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $3,069
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 72
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3319436252
- ISBN-13: 9783319436258
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相關分類:
物理學 Physics、量子計算
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商品描述
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.
