PIRSA:17100056

Boundary Trace Anomalies and Boundary Conformal Field Theory

Herzog, C. (2017). Boundary Trace Anomalies and Boundary Conformal Field Theory. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17100056

Herzog, Christopher. Boundary Trace Anomalies and Boundary Conformal Field Theory. Perimeter Institute, Oct. 17, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17100056 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17100056,
            doi = {10.48660/17100056},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/17100056},
            author = {Herzog, Christopher},
            keywords = {Quantum Fields and Strings},
            language = {en},
            title = {Boundary Trace Anomalies and Boundary Conformal Field Theory},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2017},
            month = {oct},
            note = {PIRSA:17100056 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Christopher Herzog King's College London

DOI 10.48660/17100056
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

I discuss some aspects of boundary conformal field theories (bCFTs). 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.