Conformal Field Theory

by Pierre Mathieu, Philippe Di Francesco, David Sénéchal

Filling an important gap in the literature, this comprehensive text develops conformal field theory from first principles. The treatment is self-contained, pedagogical, and exhaustive, and includes a great deal of background material on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, Lie algebras and affine Lie algebras. The many exercises, with a wide spectrum of difficulty and subjects, complement and in many cases extend the text. The text is thus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038794785X
• ISBN13: 9780387947853
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 890 Pages
• Weight: 3.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"