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Dynamics of Quantum Fields

Zohar Komargodski - Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook

 
  Syllabus  
    1. Landau-Ginzburg Models in 2+1 dimensions.
    2. Gauge Theories in 2+1 dimensions.
    3. Particles, Vortices, and Monopoles.
    4. Particle-Vortex Duality.
    5. Phase Transitions Beyond the Landau Paradigm and Quantum Anti-Ferromagnets.
    6. Chern-Simons Theory.
    7. The Parity Anomaly. Fermion Dualities.
    8. Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons Theories.
    9. Yang-Mills-Chern-Simons Theories with Matter.
    10. Non-Abelian Duality and Quantum Chromodynamics in 2+1 Dimensions.
 
 
References: These are just some general useful reviews:
 
    D. Tong: Lectures on the Quantum Hall Effect
    D. Tong: Lectures on Gauge Theory (ch.8)
    arXiv:1810.05174: Duality between (2+1)d Quantum Critical Points
    arXiv:1905.12656: Lectures on Dualities in 2+1 Dimensions