2005/09/20 by Volker Schomerus · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Boundary (topology) #Boundary conformal field theory #Boundary value problem #Conformal field theory #Conformal map #Context (archaeology) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Field (mathematics) #Focus (optics) #Geometry #M-theory #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Physics #Presentation (obstetrics) #Pure mathematics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum mechanics #String (physics) #String theory #Supergravity #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2006.05.001
published as Phys.Rept.431:39-86,2006 · 85 pages, 8 figures, lecture notes
arxiv created 2005/09/20 · openalex publication_date 2006/07/08 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
This is an introduction to the microscopic techniques of non-rational bulk and boundary conformal field theory which are needed to describe strings moving in non-compact curved backgrounds. The latter arise e.g. in the context of AdS/CFT-like dualities and for studies of time-dependent processes. After a general outline of the central concepts, we focus on two specific but rather prototypical models: Liouville field theory and the 2D cigar. Rather than following the historical path, the presentation attempts to be systematic and self-contained.