The interface of mathematics and particle physics : based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the institute of mathematics and its applications on the interface of mathematics and particle physics held at the University of Oxford in September 1988

Author(s)

• Quillen, Daniel G.
• Segal, G. B.
• Tsou, Sheung Tsun
• Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications
• IMA Conference on "Mathematics-Particle Physics Interface"

Bibliographic Information

The interface of mathematics and particle physics : based on the proceedings of a conference organized by the institute of mathematics and its applications on the interface of mathematics and particle physics held at the University of Oxford in September 1988

edited by D.G. Quillen, G.B. Segal, and Tsou S.T

（The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications conference series, new ser. ; 24）

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1990

Note

Proceedings of the IMA Conference on "Mathematics-Particle Physics Interface"

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The last few years have seen a renewed interest in the interaction between theoretical physics have stimulated important advances in mathematics and these in turn have further enabled significant theoretical progress in physics. This volume is based on a conference which brought together many of the leading researchers in this field. As a result, the volume provides an up-to-date survey of the current state of particle physics. Topics covered include quantum groups, instantons in Yang-Mills theories, conformal algebras, gauge theories, cyclic cohomology, rational conformal field theories, string theory accounts of these topics. Together, they provide source of new material and new avenues of exploration for all those whose research touches on the mathematics of particle physics.

Table of Contents

• Quantum groups and conformal field theories, L.Alvarez-Gaume
• essay on physics and non-commutative geometry, A.Connes
• twistors, particles, strings and links, R.Penrose
• instantons in Yang-Mills theory
• S.K.Donaldson
• extended conformal algebras, Peter Goddard
• super Riemann surfaces, Alice Rogers
• gauge theories and relativistic membranes, P.K.Townsend
• the space of 2d quantum field theories, Emil J.Martinec
• Chern-Simons forms and cyclic cohomology, D.Quillen
• a Yang-Mills structure for string field theory, Tsou Sheung Tsun
• an approach to constructing rational conformal field theories, K.S.Narain
• a universal link invariant, R.J.Lawrence
• strings and quantum gravity, H.J.de Vega and N.Sanchez
• quantum group generalizations of string theory, H.J.de Vega and N.Sanchez
• towards a covariant closed string theory, J.G.Taylor and A.Restuccia
• contact interactions for light-cone superstrings, A.Restuccia and J.G.Taylor
• closed string field theory - the failure of BRST cohomology for the open string, P.Mansfield
• twistors and four-dimensional conformal field theory, M.A.Singer
• projective and superconformal structures on surfaces, W.J.Harvey
• unified spin gauge theories of the four fundamental forces, J.S.R.Chisholm and R.S.Farwell
• path integral formulation of chiral gauge theories, T.D.Kieu
• the correct significance of the binary pulsar observations, D.F.Roscoe
• approaches to scale invariance in two dimensional statistical mechanics, P.P.Martin
• string amplitudes and twistor diagrams - an analogy, A.P.Hodges
• Lie Cochains on an algebra, Jacek Brodzki.

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Details

• NCID: BA10337616
• ISBN:
  • 0198536267
• LCCN: 89026647
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York,New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 230 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QC793
  • DC20 : 539.7/2
  • NDC8 : 429.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Particles (Nuclear physics) -- Mathematics -- Congresses
  • LCSH : Mathematical physics -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00185384