Reading lists for topics on the interface between quantum information theory and condensed matter
(created for/by participants at the ASPEN workshop Quantum information in quantum gravity and condensed matter, 2011
'''Readings in 2d CFT'''
- There was some interest indicated in review articles in (2-dimensional) conformal field theory.
- As far as I know, [http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9108028 Paul Ginsparg's Les Houches lectures] remain one of the best:
- [http://www-thphys.physics.ox.ac.uk/people/JohnCardy/lh.pdf John Cardy's Les Houches lectures] (from the same school) are also excellent. These are from the standpoint of Euclidean QFT.
- For books, I recommend Cardy's "Scaling and Renormalization in Statistical Physics" (again, the emphasis is on 2d equilibrium stat mech rather than 1+1 *quantum* field theory); and also De Francesco et al's "Conformal Field Theory", though it is a big book and though very clearly written perhaps better for a second pass or detailed reference.
