Introduction to conformal field theory. With applications to string theory

Publication date: 22 April 2009

Published in: Lecture Notes in Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

conformal field theory Kac-Moody algebras string theory superconformal field theory conformal group bosonic string orientifold CFT with boundary Gepner Models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to quantum theory (81-01)

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