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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 779
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Gravitation.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

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:

• Basics in Conformal Field Theory
• Symmetries of Conformal Field Theories
• Conformal Field Theory on the Torus
• Supersymmetric Conformal Field Theory
• Boundary Conformal Field Theory.