New Developments in Conformal Field Theory Above Two Dimensions

Held in conjunction with “The Quantum Hall Effect: Past, Present & Future (QHE)” workshop at PCTS.
Date
Mar 6, 2017Mar 8, 2017
Location
PCTS, Jadwin Hall, Room 407

Details

Event Description

Organizers: Simone Giombi, Igor Klebanov, Bruno Le Floch and Silviu Pufu

While much has been known about CFTs in two space-time dimensions for a long time, the study of CFTs in more than two space-time dimensions has recently been undergoing significant progress. This workshop will include extensive studies of CFTs in three and higher dimensions, covering a variety of techniques such as the 1/N expansion, the epsilon expansion and the conformal bootstrap. CFT models have applications in condensed matter and statistical systems, but they are also very interesting for theoretical reasons, such as their relation to quantum gravity via the AdS/CFT correspondence.

Sponsor
PCTS