EPFL Lectures on Conformal Field Theory in D ≥ 3 Dimensions [E-Book] / by Slava Rychkov.
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 conf...
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Personal Name(s): | Rychkov, Slava, author |
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1st ed. 2017. |
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Springer,
2017
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XII, 72 pages 14 illustrations, 12 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783319436265 |
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10.1007/978-3-319-43626-5 |
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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. |