Introduction to 2d Conformal Field Theory, Fall 2018
Lecture notes (most updated entire notes)
The lecture notes are written with my undergrad student, Runkai Tao. Without his help, this course would be impossible. Thanks a lot!
lecture1 (introduction, conformal transformation)
lecutre2 (Ward-Takahashi identity, primary fields)
lecture3 (free boson, Virasoro algebra)
lecture4 (free boson continued, free fermion)
lecture5 (torus partition functions)
lecture6 (minimal model)
lecture7 (minimal model continued)
lecture8 (RG flow and Zamolodchikov c-theorem)
lecture9 (WZW model)
lecture10 (WZW model continued)
lecture11 (Modular invariant partition functions) taught by Daisuke Yokoyama
lecture12 (Entanglement entropy) taught by Jirui Guo
lecture13 (holography)
lecture14 (Ryu-Takayanagi formula)
Lecture notes are written by referring to various sources without mentioning it. Comments are welcome.
Homework
First, you should try to solve problem sets by yourself.
If you cannot solve a problem. the corresponding solution will be sent on request.