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ESI Senior Research Fellow Programme, spring term 2012
Fundamentals and highlights of algebraic quantum fields
Course of advanced graduate lectures by
Professor Detlev Buchholz
(Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Start: Friday, April 20, 2012
Lecture (VO 260350): Friday 11 - 13
Seminar (SE 260351): Friday 14 - 15
ESI, Erwin Schrödinger Lecture Hall
Abstract:
After a brief introduction into the basic concepts
and methods of the algebraic approach to local relativistic quantum physics,
a survey will be given of its applications to various problems of physical
interest. The topics covered are
(a) Pretheories: towards the construction of models,
(b) Structure of physical state space: sectors, charge classes and beyond,
(c) Symmetries and statistics: established results and new insights,
(d) Short distance analysis: scaling algebras and renormalization group.
It is the aim of these lectures to explain the physical ideas
underlying these topics and to provide the necessary mathematical
tools for their analysis. In the accompanying seminar special themes
of current interest will be presented by participants and invited
speakers. Credit can be obtained for this course by giving a talk.
ESI Senior Research Fellow Programme coordinated by Prof. Piotr
T. Chrusciel, Gravitational Physics , Faculty of Physics, University
of Vienna, Währinger Straße 17, A-1090 Wien
(piotr.chrusciel@univie.ac.at)
and Prof. Adrain Constantin, Institute of Mathematics, University of
Vienna, Nordbergstraße 15 (UZA +IV), A-1090 Wien,
(adrian.constantin@univie.ac.at).
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