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Record Nr.

UNINA9910257404703321

Titolo

Conformal Field Theories and Integrable Models [[electronic resource] ] : Lectures Held at the Eötvös Graduate Course, Budapest, Hungary, 13–18 August 1996 / / edited by Zalan Horvath, Laszlo Palla

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1997

ISBN

3-540-69613-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 1997.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 254 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 498

Disciplina

530.14/3

Soggetti

Elementary particles (Physics)

Quantum field theory

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Quantum computers

Spintronics

Quantum physics

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Complex Systems

Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

Quantum Physics

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Lectures on conformal field theory and kac-moody algebras -- W-algebras and their representations -- Exact S-matrices -- to simple integrable models of quantum field theory -- to the coordinate-space bethe ansatz and to the treatment of bethe ansatz equations -- Thermodynamical bethe ansatz and condensed matter.

Sommario/riassunto

In the last few years we have witnessed an upsurge of interest in exactly solvable quantum field theoretical models in many branches of theoretical physics ranging from mathematical physics through high-energy physics to solid states. This book contains six pedagogically



written articles meant as an introduction for graduate students to this fascinating area of mathematical physics. It leads them to the front line of present-day research. The topics include conformal field theory and W algebras, the special features of 2d scattering theory as embodied in the exact S matrices and the form factor studies built on them, the Yang--Baxter equations, and the various aspects of the Bethe Ansatz systems.