Conformal Field Theory: New Non-perturbative Methods In String And Field Theory

by Yavuz Nutku, Cihan Saclioglu, Teoman Turgut

Overview

This book provides an understanding of conformal field theory and its importance to both statistical mechanics and string theory. It introduces the Wess-Zumino-Novokov-Witten (WZNW) models and their current algebras, the affine Kac-Moody algebras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367314118
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Yavuz Nutku is a senior researcher at Feza Gursey Institute. Cihan Saclioglu is a professor of physics at Bogazici University and a member of the Feza Gursey Institute. Teoman Turgut is an assistant professor of physics at Bogazici University. Yavuz Nutku is a senior researcher at Feza Gursey Institute. Cihan Saclioglu is a professor of physics at Bogazici University and a member of the Feza Gursey Institute. Teoman Turgut is an assistant professor of physics at Bogazici University. Yavuz Nutku is a senior researcher at Feza Gursey Institute. Cihan Saclioglu is a professor of physics at Bogazici University and a member of the Feza Gursey Institute. Teoman Turgut is an assistant professor of physics at Bogazici University.

Table of Contents

Editor’s Foreword -- Preface -- Conformal field theory: a case study -- Non-Perturbative Dynamics Of Four-Dimensional Supersymmetric Field Theories -- An introduction to meromorphic conformal field theory and its representations -- Derivation of the Hadronic Structure Functions From Quantum Chromodynamics -- Introduction -- Two-Dimensional Quantum Hadron Dynamics -- Solitons -- The Parton Model -- Beyond the Valence Parton Model -- Monstrous Moonshine and the Classification of CFT -- Part 1. The classification of conformal field theories -- Part 2. Monstrous Moonshine -- Affine Kac-Moody Algebras and the Wess-Zumino-Witten Model Mark Walton