Conformal Field Theory and Integrable Models: Lectures Held at the Eotvos Graduate Course, Budapest, Hungary, 13-18 August 1996: Vol 498 (Lecture Notes in Physics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3540636188 ISBN 13: 9783540636182

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K, 1997

Synopsis

In the last few years we have witnessed an upsurge of interest in exactly solvable quantum field theoretical models in many branches of theoretical physics ranging from mathematical physics through high-energy physics to solid states. This book contains six pedagogically written articles meant as an introduction for graduate students to this fascinating area of mathematical physics. It leads them to the front line of present-day research. The topics include conformal field theory and W algebras, the special features of 2d scattering theory as embodied in the exact S matrices and the form factor studies built on them, the Yang--Baxter equations, and the various aspects of the Bethe Ansatz systems.

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Synopsis

This text is taken from lectures given at the Eotvos Graduate Course and includes topics on: comformal field theory and Kac-Moody algebras; W-algebras and their representations; and an introduction to coordinate-space bethe ansatz.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540636188
• ISBN 13: 9783540636182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 254
• Editor: Horvath Zalan, Palla Laszlo