21.03.2018 (Wednesday)

Polygon Seminar: Tales from the Edge

Triangular Seminar Christopher Herzog (KCL)

at:
15:00 KCL
room K2.40
abstract:

I discuss some aspects of boundary conformal field theories (bCFTs) with an emphasis on space-time dimensions greater than two. I will demonstrate that free bCFTs have a universal way of satisfying crossing symmetry constraints. I will introduce a simple class of interacting bCFTs where the interaction is restricted to the boundary. Finally, I will discuss relationships between boundary trace anomalies and boundary limits of stress-tensor correlation functions. (Tea and biscuits + wine at the end!)