Factorization Algebras in Quantum Field Theory

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-16310-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 31, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 795 g

Reihe: New Mathematical Monographs

Factorization algebras are local-to-global objects that play a role in classical and quantum field theory which is similar to the role of sheaves in geometry: they conveniently organize complicated information. Their local structure encompasses examples like associative and vertex algebras; in these examples, their global structure encompasses Hochschild homology and conformal blocks. In this first volume, the authors develop the theory of factorization algebras in depth, but with a focus upon examples exhibiting their use in field theory, such as the recovery of a vertex algebra from a chiral conformal field theory and a quantum group from Abelian Chern-Simons theory. Expositions of the relevant background in homological algebra, sheaves and functional analysis are also included, thus making this book ideal for researchers and graduates working at the interface between mathematics and physics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Costello, Kevin

Gwilliam, Owen

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Grundlagen der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Funktionalanalysis
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Topologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Quantenphysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction; Part I. Prefactorization Algebras: 2. From Gaussian measures to factorization algebras; 3. Prefactorization algebras and basic examples; Part II. First Examples of Field Theories: 4. Free field theories; 5. Holomorphic field theories and vertex algebras; Part III. Factorization Algebras: 6. Factorization algebras – definitions and constructions; 7. Formal aspects of factorization algebras; 8. Factorization algebras – examples; Appendix A. Background; Appendix B. Functional analysis; Appendix C. Homological algebra in differentiable vector spaces; Appendix D. The Atiyah–Bott Lemma; References; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Gwilliam, Owen
Owen Gwilliam is a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn.

Costello, Kevin
Kevin Costello is the Krembil Foundation William Rowan Hamilton Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario.