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Conformal invariance and percolation

By Cardy J.

Book information

Year
2001
Language
english
Format
GZ
Filesize
113 kB (116041 bytes)
Edition
lectures
Pages
40\40
Library
Kolxo3
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

These lectures give an introduction to the methods of conformal field theory as applied to deriving certain results in two-dimensional critical percolation: namely the probability that there exists at least one cluster connecting two disjoint segments of the boundary of a simply connected region; and the mean number of such clusters. No previous familiarity with conformal field theory is assumed, but in the course of the argument many of its important concepts are introduced in as simple a manner as possible. A brief account is also given of some recent alternative approaches to deriving these kinds of result.

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