Textbook Title: Applied Conformal Field Theory
Textbook Description:
This free online textbook presents the elementary introduction to conformal field theory, with some applications to statistical mechanical systems, and fewer to string theory. The textbook contains: Conformal theories in d dimensions, Conformal theories in 2 dimensions, The central charge and the Virasoro algebra, and Free bosons and fermions.
Author: Paul Ginsparg
Subjects: Mathematics, Physics
Key words: Mathematics, Physics, Mathematical Physics
Download URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9108028