Conformal Field Theory: New Non-Perturbative Methods in String and Field Theory

Conformal Field Theory consists of pedagogical lectures delivered at the Feza Gursey Institute, Istanbul, in the summer of 1998 on the following topics: “Non-perturbative dynamics of 4-dimensional Field theories” (P. Argyres, Cornell University), “2-Dimensional QCD, Grassmanians and M(atrix) Models” (S. Rajeev, University of Rochester), “Affine Kac-Moody algebras and CFT” (M. Walton, Lethbridge), “CFT and Vertex Operator algebras” (T. Gannon, York), and “Meromorphic CFT” (M. Gaberdiel, Cambridge). The book is suitable for advanced graduate students and researchers in theoretical particle or statistical physics as well as pure mathematicians.