Problems of Modern Quantum Field Theory
Subtitle: Invited Lectures of the Spring School held in Alushta USSR, April 24 - May 5, 1989
By: edited by Aleksandr A. Belavin, Anatolii U. Klimyk, Aleksandr B. Zamolodchikov
Contributors: Klimyk, Anatolii U.; Zamolodchikov, Aleksandr B.
Series: Research Reports in Physics, 0939-7426; Research reports in physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9783642840005
Subjects: Quantum theory; Physics
Description: This volume contains the invited lectures of a school on modern quantum field theory held at Alushta, USSR, in May 1989. The development of this subject, including string theories attempting to model elementary particles, is closely interwoven with modern mathematical physics. The lectures presented by experts in the field provide an overview of the research pursued in different branches of this rapidly evolving field and draw attention to particular interconnections and problems. Topics covered include: geometrical quantization and finite size effects in conformal field theory; quasi-Hopf, Kac-Moody current and Lie super-algebras; quantum groups; Wess-Zumino-Witten models; Nizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations; non-archimedian strings; string dynamics; KdV and KP (super) equations and calculations on (super- ) riemannian surfaces; 2d Ising model and 2d electron motion on surfaces in external magnetic fields.