School on Spinning Particles in Quantum Field Theory: Worldline Formalism, Higher Spins and Conformal Geometry

19 Nov 2012, 08:00 → 23 Nov 2012, 18:00 America/Mexico_City

Morelia, Michoacán, México

The school intends to introduce to graduate students and young postdocs some fascinating and vastly unexplored material that may set a bridge between geometry and quantum field theory.    

The material proposed melds cutting edge technologies from mathematics and theoretical physics: Conformal geometry and worldline methods have a long history, but the methods required to fully utilize these tools have only recently fully developed. String inspired techniques have been known for some time to provide efficient alternatives to standard Feynman diagrams. However only recently has this method been extended to the study of arbitrary spin fields by means of worldline spinning particle models. On the other hand, in the spirit of the AdS/CFT correspondence, the importance of using the conformal structure in the bulk to uncover solution generating algebras appeared just last year.

The school provides a few fellowships to cover travel expenses and lodging expenses for a limited number of graduate students/postdocs. The registration deadline for interested students/postdocs is October 19.  Applicants who require financial support will receive a reply from the Local Organizing Committee by October 31. 

Lecture Notes (Andrew Waldron)

• Waldron1.pdf
• Waldron2.pdf
• Waldron3.pdf
• Waldron4.pdf

Lecture Notes (Christian Schubert) lectures_morelia_CS.pdf

Lecture Notes (Olindo Corradini) LecturesMorelia_OC.pdf

Monday, 19 November

1 Geometrical Methods in Quantum Field Theory - 1

Speaker: Andrew Waldron (University of California, Davis)

11:00 Coffee break

2 Quantum Mechanical Path Integrals: from Transition Amplitudes to Worldline Formalism - 1

Speaker: Olindo Corradini (Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico)

13:00 Lunch break

3 Geometrical Methods in Quantum Field Theory - 2

Speaker: Andrew Waldron (University of California, Davis)

Tuesday, 20 November

4 Geometrical Methods in Quantum Field Theory - 3

Speaker: Andrew Waldron (University of California, Davis)

11:00 Coffee break

5 Quantum Mechanical Path Integrals: from Transition Amplitudes to Worldline Formalism - 2

Speaker: Olindo Corradini (Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico)

13:00 Lunch break

6 Geometrical Methods in Quantum Field Theory - 4

Speaker: Andrew Waldron (University of California, Davis)

Wednesday, 21 November

7 Quantum Mechanical Path Integrals: from Transition Amplitudes to Worldline Formalism - 3

Speaker: Olindo Corradini (Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico)

11:00 Coffee break

8 Geometrical Methods in Quantum Field Theory - 5

Speaker: Andrew Waldron (University of California, Davis)

13:00 Lunch break

9 Applications of the Quantum Mechanical Path Integral in Quantum Field Theory - 1

Speaker: Christian Schubert (University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico)

Thursday, 22 November

10 Quantum Mechanical Path Integrals: from Transition Amplitudes to Worldline Formalism - 4

Speaker: Olindo Corradini (Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico)

11:00 Coffee break

11 Applications of the Quantum Mechanical Path Integral in Quantum Field Theory - 2

Speaker: Christian Schubert (University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico)

13:00 Lunch break

12 Applications of the Quantum Mechanical Path Integral in Quantum Field Theory - 3

Speaker: Christian Schubert (University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico)

Friday, 23 November

13 Quantum Mechanical Path Integrals: from Transition Amplitudes to Worldline Formalism - 5

Speaker: Olindo Corradini (Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico)

11:00 Coffee break

14 Applications of the Quantum Mechanical Path Integral in Quantum Field Theory - 4

Speaker: Christian Schubert (University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico)

13:00 Lunch break

15 Applications of the Quantum Mechanical Path Integral in Quantum Field Theory - 5

Speaker: Christian Schubert (University of Michoacan, Morelia, Mexico)