CFT/TFT

 Conformal Field Theory is scale-invariant field theory and we can do non-perturbative analysis.

Prerequisite: Quantum Field Theory.


Lecture note


Conformal Field Theory

Part B Fundamentals

4. Global Conformal Invariance

5. Conformal Invariance in Two Dimensions

6. The Operator Formalism

7. Minimal Models I

8. Minimal Models II

9. The Coulomb-Gas Formalism

10. Modular Invariance

11. Finite-Size Scaling and Boundaries

12.The Two-Dimensional Ising Model


Part C Conformal Field Theories with Lie-Group Symmetry

Look: Lie group & Representation

13. Simple Lie Algebras

14. Affine Lie Algebras

15. WZW Models

16. Fusion Rules in WZW Models

17. Modular Invariance in WZW Models

18. Cosets


TASI Lectures on the Conformal Bootstrap

9. Conformal Blocks

10. The Conformal Bootstrap


Aspects of Two-Dimensional Conformal Field Theories


Applied Conformal Field Theory


Chern-Simons Theory

1. Introduction: The Grand Overview

2. Chern-Simons Theories For Abelian Gauge Fields

3. Chern-Simons Theories For NonAbelian Gauge Fields

4. WZW Model And RCFT

5. Topological Field Theories And Categories

6. Computing Nonabelian Chern-Simons Correlators Using RCFT

7. Finite Group Chern-Simons Theory

8. $p$-form Generalizations And Differential Cohomology

9. More About Topological Field Theoreis

10. Anyons, nonaelions, and quantum computation

11. A Survey Of Further Generalizations And Applications



Reference

Di Francesco, Mathieu and Senechal, Conformal Field Theory

P. Ginsparg, Applied Conformal Field Theory

D. Simmons-Duffin, TASI Lectures on the Conformal Bootstrap

Xi Yin, Aspects of 2d CFTs

G. Moore, TASI Lecture notes on Chern-Simons Theory