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jasonwer
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I will be starting a Masters degree in physics next year - 30% of the assessment will be a thesis (review, not research). I have selected CFT as a topic and my future advisor has pointed me to Francesco's 'Conformal Field Theory' as the book to use.
Francesco's book is very good but I am having trouble bridging the gap between QM and CFT. Obviously the bridge has QFT written on it - but how much QFT do I need? All of Weinberg Vol 1.? I'm concerned I may spend too much time on a interesting but unneeded side path of QFT while I should spend more time on, say, Lie algebra for example.
Don't get me wrong - I would love to sit down and work my way through every page of Weinberg (can I hear laughter in the back row?). But with a family, and a finite amount of time, I need to find an efficient path towards understanding the basics of CFT.
Has anyone been down this road and could give me some advice? Any help would be much appreciated.
Francesco's book is very good but I am having trouble bridging the gap between QM and CFT. Obviously the bridge has QFT written on it - but how much QFT do I need? All of Weinberg Vol 1.? I'm concerned I may spend too much time on a interesting but unneeded side path of QFT while I should spend more time on, say, Lie algebra for example.
Don't get me wrong - I would love to sit down and work my way through every page of Weinberg (can I hear laughter in the back row?). But with a family, and a finite amount of time, I need to find an efficient path towards understanding the basics of CFT.
Has anyone been down this road and could give me some advice? Any help would be much appreciated.