Seminar quantum physics and geometry

Seminar quantum physics and geometry
Conformal field theory

Coordination: I. Runkel, J. Teschner

03.11.2016:
Conformal symmetry, correlators and operator product expansion I + II
(Yannick Linke & Lorenz Hilfiker) [notes YL], [notes LH]

17.11.2016:
Continuation of 03.11., then
Vertex operator algebras, part I
(Tobias Ohrmann) [notes TO]

01.12.2016:
Vertex operator algebras, part II
(Tobias Ohrmann)
Modules over vertex operator algebras
(Tobias Ohrmann & Lorant Szegedy) [notes LS]

15.12.2016: Conformal blocks (Troy Figiel)

12.01.2017: The gluing construction (Azat Gainutdinov)
Intermediate summary (Jörg Teschner)

26.01.2017:
Fusion and braiding in CFT
(Ehud Meir)
Crossing symmetry
(Aswin Balasubramanian)

Further topics (details to be announced)
- Ward identities and conformal blocks
- conformal blocks and crossing symmetry

References:

Schottenloher, A mathematical introduction to conformal field theory (Springer 2008)
Kac, Vertex algebras for beginners (AMS 1998, 2ed)