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- From: marty@amaterasu.physics.uiuc.edu (Marty Gelfand)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: Link invariants and gauge theory
- Message-ID: <BzosMq.6D1@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 00:42:25 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.051055.13451@nuscc.nus.sg> <Bzo6Hx.L43@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <Dec.22.18.34.29.1992.25749@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
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- In article <Dec.22.18.34.29.1992.25749@ruhets.rutgers.edu> bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner) writes:
- >marty@amaterasu.physics.uiuc.edu (Marty Gelfand) writes:
- >[defending conformal field theory as useful in condensed matter]
- >
- >> Conformal field
- >>theory provides a classification scheme for 2D critical points
- >>(due to Belavin, Polyakov, and Z.m.l.chikov): ...
- >
- >Zamolodchikov (there are two, Alexander and Alyosha; both are here
- >(Rutgers) right now.) Zamolodchikov(s) is (are) usually thought of as
- >string theorist(s) but this stuff is having an impact on condensed matter -
- >I tease the theory grad students that all the talks they give are
- >about conformal field theory, whether in particle physics OR condensed
- >matter. I don't understand it, though, so I can't give references -
- >sorry!
- And a sorry from me as well...I've been informed via e-mail that
- the classification scheme is more properly attributed to Friedan, Qui, and
- Shenker (BPZ and FQS are often cited together, which accounts for
- my confusion). I'll try to do better next time...
- --Marty Gelfand marty@amaterasu.physics.uiuc.edu
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