Logo

Topological Field Theory by Graeme Segal

Small book cover: Topological Field Theory

Topological Field Theory
by

Publisher: Duke University
Number of pages: 43

Description:
Contents: Topological field theories (The basic structure, The 'toy model' for a finite group, Open Strings, Area-dependent theories); The Index and Determinant of the Dirac Operator; Braided tensor categories; String algebras.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(multiple PDF files)

Similar books

Book cover: Geometry of 2D Topological Field TheoriesGeometry of 2D Topological Field Theories
by - arXiv
These lecture notes are devoted to the theory of equations of associativity describing geometry of moduli spaces of 2D topological field theories. Topics: WDVV equations and Frobenius manifolds; Polynomial solutions of WDVV; Symmetries of WDVV; etc.
(13610 views)
Book cover: Lecture Notes on Topological Field TheoryLecture Notes on Topological Field Theory
by - arXiv
These notes cover some topics in both the perturbative and non-perturbative topological Chern-Simons theory: the quantization of Chern-Simons theory, the use of surgery for computation, brief discussions about framings, eta invariants, etc.
(10128 views)
Book cover: Classical Field TheoryClassical Field Theory
by - Utrecht University
The author introduces the basic methods of classical field theory and applies them in a variety of physical models. Topics: Lorentz-covariant formulation of electromagnetic theory, advanced radiation problems, the Ginzburg-Landau theory, etc.
(11433 views)
Book cover: Quantum ElectrodynamicsQuantum Electrodynamics
by - Stockholms universitet, Fysikum
Lecture notes for a graduate course in quantum electrodynamics. Contents: What is a field theory; Quantum theory of the free scalar field; Spacetime properties; The Unruh effect; The Dirac field; Quantum theory of the Dirac field; and more.
(12544 views)