Lectures Archive 2013

Graham Shore, Swansea University The c/a theorem is a fundamental result in quantum field theory constraining the nature of renormalization group flows and the relation of UV and IR physics. In the first part of these lectures, we will review early attempts to generalise the 2-dim Zamolodchikov c-theorem to ...

Paul Hoyer, University of Helsinki The aim of understanding hadrons as bound states of QCD motivates a study of how atoms emerge in QED perturbation theory. The properties of atoms in motion illuminate relativistic effects on bound states, such as Lorentz contraction in quantum physics. The Dirac equation results from ...

Dario Francia, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa In these lecture we shall provide an introduction to the basics of higher-spin theory. We shall start with the general structure of the free theory (metric-like and frame-like approaches in flat and (A)dS bkg, for symmetric and mixed-symmetry fields) to then move to ...

An advanced course titled 'Introduction to Gauge Theory' will be given by José Figueroa O'Farrill, Bernd Schroers, Brendan Owens and Christian Sämann as part of the Scottish Mathematical Sciences Training Centre (SMSTC) this September. The course will cover the geometry of gauge theory and applications of gauge theory in ...