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.
ISBN: | 9783319436258 |
Publication date: | 11th October 2016 |
Author: | Slava Rychkov |
Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 72 pages |
Series: | SpringerBriefs in Physics |
Genres: |
Particle and high-energy physics Mathematical physics |