Boundary and defect CFT: open problems and applications

Andrei, N.; Bissi, A.; Buican, M.; Cardy, J.; Dorey, P.; Drukker, N.; Erdmenger, J.; Friedan, D.; Fursaev, D.; Konechny, A.; Kristjansen, C.; Makabe, I; Nakayama, Y.; O'Bannon, A.; Parini, R.; Robinson, B.; Ryu, S.; Schmidt-Colinet, C.; Schomerus, V.; Schweigert, C.; Watts, G. M. T. (2020): Boundary and defect CFT: open problems and applications. In: Journal of Physics A, Mathematical and Theoretical, Vol. 53, No. 45, 453002

Abstract

A review of Boundary and defect conformal field theory: open problems and applications, following a workshop held at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, UK, 7-8 Sept. 2017. We attempt to provide a broad, bird's-eye view of the latest progress in boundary and defect conformal field theory in various sub-fields of theoretical physics, including the renormalization group, integrability, conformal bootstrap, topological field theory, supersymmetry, holographic duality, and more. We also discuss open questions and promising research directions in each of these sub-fields, and combinations thereof.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Physics
• Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
• ISSN: 1751-8113
• Language: English