John Cardy

Biographical Summary

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Physics Research

Brief research description

Research papers

• Past year
• Since 1992
• Key Papers

Books

Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics, 256 pp, ISBN 0521499593, CUP, 1996.
• Description
• Table of contents
• Preface
• Chapter 11:`Conformal Symmetry' pdf version
• Hints for the Exercises pdf version
• Corrigenda

Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Turbulence, G.Falkovich and K. Gawedski (co-authors); edited by S. Nazarenko and O. Zaboronski, ISBN-13: 9780521715140, CUP, 2008.
• Description

Review Articles

• Boundary Conformal Field Theory, entry in Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (Elsevier, 2006.)
• SLE for Theoretical Physicists (Annals of Physics 318(1), 81, 2005.)

Lecture Notes

• Les Houches lectures, 1988: Conformal Invariance and Statistical Mechanics (sorry, no figures) pdf version
• Les Houches lectures, 1994: Geometrical Properties of Loops and Cluster Boundaries
• Field Theory and Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics Lectures presented as part of the Troisieme Cycle de la Suisse Romande, Spring 1999.
• Lectures on Conformal Invariance and Percolation Lectures delivered at Chuo University, Tokyo, March 2001. pdf version
• Stochastic Loewner Evolution and Other Growth Processes in Two Dimensions Lectures at the Newton Institute, Cambridge, March 2006.
• Reaction-Diffusion Processes Warwick, July 2006.
• Les Houches lectures 2008: Conformal Field Theory and Statistical Mechanics.

Selected recent talks

• Earlier talks
• `SLE - a New Way of Thinking about CFT' (Durham, 2003) pdf version
• `Entanglement Entropy in Quantum Field Theory' (Imperial College, 2004) pdf version
• `Quantum and Classical Network Models' (Princeton, 2004) pdf version
• `Another Percolation Formula' (Banff, 2005)
• `Conformal Restriction and the Stress Tensor of Conformal Field Theory' (Paris, 2006)
• `Time Dependence of Correlation Functions following a Quantum Quench' (Edinburgh, Durham, Paris, 2006)
• `Entanglement Entropy in Extended Systems' (STATPHYS 23, Genoa, 2007)

Physics Teaching

Quantum Field Theory I, Michaelmas Term 2009

• Synopsis
• Complete Lecture Notes, Version 16/11/09
• Problem Set 1, due Monday Nov 2: Problem Class Monday Nov 9 2-4 pm Fisher Room. Solutions here.
• Problem Set 2, due Monday Nov 23: Problem Class Monday Nov 30 2-4 pm DWB Conference Room.
• Notes on coherent state path integral
• Notes on relation between RG in statistical mechanics and particle theory Further Reading

Previous Years

Other links

• 13th Annual UK meeting on Integrable Models, Conformal Field Theory and Related Topics, Oxford, April 3-4 2009
• All Souls College
• African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
• A C Irvine Travel Fund
• Oxford Mountaineering Club

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Last updated: November 16, 2009