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UNINA9910739435803321 |
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Autore |
Rychkov Slava |
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Titolo |
EPFL Lectures on Conformal Field Theory in D ≥ 3 Dimensions / / by Slava Rychkov |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XII, 72 p. 14 illus., 12 illus. in color.) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in Physics, , 2191-5423 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Quantum field theory |
String theory |
Elementary particles (Physics) |
Mathematical physics |
Quantum Field Theories, String Theory |
Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory |
Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Physical Foundations of Conformal Symmetry -- Conformal kinematics -- Radial quantization and OPE -- Conformal Bootstrap. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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