TASI 2015: New Frontiers in Fields and Strings: Proceedings of the 2015 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics

by Joseph Polchinski (Editor), Pedro Vieira;Oliver DeWolfe (Editor)

Overview

This volume is a compilation of lectures delivered at the TASI 2015 summer school, 'New Frontiers in Fields and Strings', held at the University of Colorado Boulder in June 2015. The school focused on topics in theoretical physics of interest to contemporary researchers in quantum field theory and string theory. The lectures are accessible to graduate students in the initial stages of their research careers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789813149458
Publisher:	World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/28/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	624
File size:	41 MB
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Table of Contents

Preface v

TASI 2015 Group Photo vii

1 The Conformal Bootstrap David Simmons-Duffin 1

2 TASI Lectures on AdS/CFT João Penedones 75

3 Higher Spin - CFT Duality Simone Giombi 137

4 TASI 2015 Lectures on Quantum Matter (with a View Toward Holographic Duality) John McGreevy 215

5 Lectures on Gravity and Entanglement Mark Van Raamsdonk 297

6 The Black Hole Information Problem Joseph Polchinski 353

7 Lectures on Dark Matter Physics Mariangela Lisanti 399

8 Lectures on Inflation Leonardo Senatore 447

9 TASI Lectures on Cosmological Observables and String Theory Eva Silverstein 545

10 TASI 2015 Participants 607