EPFL lectures on conformal field theory in D]3 dimensions / Slava Rychkov.
Rychkov, Slava, author.
2017
QC174.52.C66
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Title EPFL lectures on conformal field theory in D]3 dimensions / Slava Rychkov.
Author Rychkov, Slava, author.
ISBN 9783319436265 (electronic book)
3319436260 (electronic book)
9783319436258
3319436252
Publication Details Switzerland : Springer, ©2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource.
Call Number QC174.52.C66
Dewey Decimal Classification 530.14/3
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 31, 2016).
Series SpringerBriefs in physics.
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Introduction
Physical Foundations of Conformal Symmetry
Conformal kinematics
Radial quantization and OPE
Conformal Bootstrap.

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