Factorization Algebras in Quantum Field Theory
Volume 2
Part of New Mathematical Monographs
- Authors:
- Kevin Costello, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario
- Owen Gwilliam, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Date Published: September 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107163157
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Factorization algebras are local-to-global objects that play a role in classical and quantum field theory that 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 second volume, the authors show how factorization algebras arise from interacting field theories, both classical and quantum, and how they encode essential information such as operator product expansions, Noether currents, and anomalies. Along with a systematic reworking of the Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism via derived geometry and factorization algebras, this book offers concrete examples from physics, ranging from angular momentum and Virasoro symmetries to a five-dimensional gauge theory.
Read more- Systematically develops the local-to-global structure of observables of a quantum field theory
- Examines several different examples: scalar field theories, holomorphic field theories, current algebras, and topological field theories
- Revisits and generalizes Noether's theorem as a statement about factorization algebras, including a quantized version of the theorem
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'The central achievement of the book is in its development of a formalism that leads to classical and quantum versions of Noether's theorem, itself a familiar topic in physics, using the language of factorization algebras … Institutions employing mathematicians and theoretical physicists actively working in this area should acquire the book … Recommended.' M. C. Ogilvie, Choice Connect
See more reviews'… perfectly suitable for self-study by an interested scholar with little to almost no previous exposure to factorization algebras, or for use as a reference text for a lecture series on the subject.' Domenico Fiorenza, MathSciNet
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- Date Published: September 2021
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107163157
- length: 380 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 157 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.78kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction and overview
Part I. Classical Field Theory:
2. Introduction to classical field theory
3. Elliptic moduli problems
4. The classical Batalin–Vilkovisky formalism
5. The observables of a classical field theory
Part II. Quantum Field Theory:
6. Introduction to quantum field theory
7. Effective field theories and Batalin–Vilkovisky quantization
8. The observables of a quantum field theory
9. Further aspects of quantum observables
10. Operator product expansions, with examples
Part III. A Factorization Enhancement of Noether's Theorem:
11. Introduction to Noether's theorems
12. Noether's theorem in classical field theory
13. Noether's theorem in quantum field theory
14. Examples of the Noether theorems
Appendix A. Background
Appendix B. Functions on spaces of sections
Appendix C. A formal Darboux lemma
References
Index.
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