Philippe Di Francesco, Pierre Mathieu, David Sénéchal

Conformal Field Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Filling an important gap in the literature, this comprehensive text develops conformal field theory from first principles. The treatment is self-contained, pedagogical, and exhaustive, and includes a great deal of background material on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Lie algebras and affine Lie algebras. The many exercises, with a wide spectrum of difficulty and subjects, complement and in many cases extend the text. The text is thus not only an excellent tool for classroom teaching but also for individual study. Intended primarily for graduate students and researchers in theoretical high-energy physics, mathematical physics, condensed matter theory, statistical physics, the book will also be of interest in other areas of theoretical physics and mathematics. It will prepare the reader for original research in this very active field of theoretical and mathematical physics.

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Produktdetails

• Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• 1997.
• Seitenzahl: 916
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1550g
• ISBN-13: 9780387947853
• ISBN-10: 038794785X
• Artikelnr.: 09218074

Inhaltsangabe

A Introduction.
1 Introduction.
2 Quantum Field Theory.
3 Statistical Mechanics.
B Fundamentals.
4 Global Conformal Invariance.
5 Conformal Invariance in Two Dimensions.
6 The Operator Formalism.
7 Minimal Models I.
8 Minimal Models II.
9 The Coulomb
Gas Formalism.
10 Modular Invariance.
11 Finite
Size Scaling and Boundaries.
12 The Two
Dimensional Ising Model.
C Conformal Field Theories with Lie
Group Symmetry.
13 Simple Lie Algebras.
14 Affine Lie Algebras.
15 WZW Models.
16 Fusion Rules in WZW Models.
17 Modular Invariants in WZW Models.
18 Cosets.
References.