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Conformal Invariance and String Theory
- 1st Edition - November 14, 2012
- Editor: Petre Dita
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 4 2 4 1 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 5 5 7 - 2
Conformal Invariance and String Theory is an account of the series of lectures held in Summer School regarding Conformal Invariance and String Theory in September 1987. The purpose… Read more
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Request a sales quoteConformal Invariance and String Theory is an account of the series of lectures held in Summer School regarding Conformal Invariance and String Theory in September 1987. The purpose of the lectures is to present the important problems and results in these two areas of theoretical physics. The text is divided into two major parts. Part I deals with implications of conformal invariance in studying two-dimensional systems. Part II meanwhile presents lectures regarding the advances in string theory and other related topics.Also included in the text is a part dedicated to the topic of determinants. This topic is discussed in two parts; the first focuses on the determinants in the finite dimensional case, while the second talks about Fredholm determinants. The book is a helpful source of reference to students and researchers in the field of physics, specifically quantum and theoretical.
Contributors
List of Participants
Preface
Part I. Conformal Invariance in Statistical Mechanics
Finite Temperature 2-Dimensional QFT Models of Conformal Current Algebra
Operator Contents of Some c = 1 Models in Statistical Mechanics
Two Dimensional Critical Models on a Torus
Wess-Zumino-Witten Models and Other Two-Dimensional Critical Systems
Kac-Moody Algebras in 2D Conformal Field Theories
Conformal Algebras and Defects in the Quantum Ising Chain
Conformal Quantum Field Theories and Integrable Systems
Part II. String Theory and Related Topics
String Field Theory
Liouville Superstrings
Geometry of the Kaluza-Klein Theory
Determinants of Laplacians on Riemann Surfaces
Reflections on Arithmetical Physics
String on Orbifolds: An Introduction
Quantization of Bosonic Closed Strings and the Liouville Model
The Covariant Lattice Construction of Four-Dimensional Strings
A Course on Determinants
- No. of pages: 574
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 14, 2012
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124142411
- eBook ISBN: 9780323145572