Introduction to Conformal Field Theory With Applications to String Theory /

• Main Authors: Blumenhagen, Ralph. (Author), Plauschinn, Erik. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 779
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Relativity (Physics).; Quantum theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Relativity and Cosmology.; Physics beyond the Standard Model.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00450-6

Based on class-tested notes, this text offers an introduction to Conformal Field Theory with a special emphasis on computational techniques of relevance for String Theory. It introduces Conformal Field Theory at a basic level, Kac-Moody algebras, one-loop partition functions, Superconformal Field Th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basics in Conformal Field Theory
• Symmetries of Conformal Field Theory
• Boundary Conformal Field Theory
• References
• Index.