03423nam 22006255 450 991073944080332120251113183601.03-031-27086-X10.1007/978-3-031-27086-4(CKB)5590000001037628(DE-He213)978-3-031-27086-4(MiAaPQ)EBC7238814(Au-PeEL)EBL7238814(PPN)26965688X(MiAaPQ)EBC7237034(EXLCZ)99559000000103762820230413d2023 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierConformal Field Theory for Particle Physicists From QFT Axioms to the Modern Conformal Bootstrap /by Marc Gillioz1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :Imprint: Springer,2023.1 online resource (XI, 84 p. 11 illus., 10 illus. in color.) SpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-54313-031-27085-1 Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Classical conformal transformations -- Conformal quantum field theory -- Conformal correlation functions -- State-operator correspondence and OPE -- The conformal bootstrap -- Conclusions.This book is a set of introductory lecture notes on Conformal Field Theory (CFT). Unlike most existing reviews on the subject, CFT is presented here from the perspective of a unitary quantum field theory in Minkowski space-time. The book starts with a non-perturbative formulation of quantum field theory (Wightman axioms) and then, gradually, focuses on the implications of scale and special conformal symmetry, all the way to the modern conformal bootstrap. This approach includes topics such as subtleties of conformal transformations in Minkowski space-time, the construction of Wightman functions and time-ordered correlators both in position- and momentum-space, unitarity bounds derived from the spectral representation, and the appearance of UV and IR divergences. In each chapter, the reader finds useful exercises to master the subject. This book is meant for graduate students in theoretical physics and for more advanced researchers working in high-energy physics who are not necessarily familiar with the concepts of conformal field theory. Prior knowledge of quantum field theory is needed to master the arguments.SpringerBriefs in Physics,2191-5431Elementary particles (Physics)Quantum field theoryParticles (Nuclear physics)Mathematical physicsElementary Particles, Quantum Field TheoryParticle PhysicsTheoretical, Mathematical and Computational PhysicsElementary particles (Physics).Quantum field theory.Particles (Nuclear physics).Mathematical physics.Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.Particle Physics.Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.910.5Gillioz Marc1423971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910739440803321Conformal field theory for particle physicists3552711UNINA