MA5P8 - CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY
Book List
Recommended texts include:
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P. Di Francesco, P. Mathieu, D. Sénéchal,
Conformal Field Theory, Springer-Verlag New York 1997,
Chapters 1, 4 and 5.
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T. Gannon,
Monstrous moonshine and the classification of CFT;
preprint math.qa/9906167.
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K. Gawedzki,
Lectures on conformal field theory, in:
Quantum fields and strings: a course for mathematicians, Vol. 2,
Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, RI (1999), pp. 727-805.
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V. Kac:
Vertex algebras for beginners, second edition. University Lecture Series, 10,
AMS, Providence, RI 1998.
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I. Frenkel, J. Lepowsky, A. Meurman:
Vertex operator algebras and the Monster,
Pure and Applied Mathematics, 134, Academic Press, Inc., Boston, MA, 1988.
I find the following very helpful:
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R.E. Borcherds, A. Barnard:
Quantum field theory;
preprint math-ph/0204014.
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M.R. Gaberdiel,
An introduction to conformal field theory, Rept. Prog. Phys. 63 (2000),
pp. 607-667;
hep-th/9910156.
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P. Ginsparg,
Applied conformal field theory,
Lectures given at the Les Houches Summer School in Theoretical Physics 1988
(Les Houches, France), pp. 1-168.
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W. Nahm,
Quantum field theories in one and two dimensions,
Duke Math. J. 54, 2 (1987), pp. 579-613.
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