This is a pedagogical review on TT^(-)deformation of two dimensional quantum field theories.It is based on three lectures which the author gave at ITP-CAS in December 2018.This review consists of four parts.The first ...This is a pedagogical review on TT^(-)deformation of two dimensional quantum field theories.It is based on three lectures which the author gave at ITP-CAS in December 2018.This review consists of four parts.The first part is a general introduction to TT^(-)deformation.Special emphasises are put on the deformed classical Lagrangian and the exact solvability of the spectrum.The second part focuses on the torus partition sum of the TT^(-)/JT^(-)deformed conformal field theories and modular invariance/covariance.In the third part,different perspectives of TT^(-)deformation are presented,including its relation to random geometry,2D topological gravity and holography.We summarize more recent developments until January 2021 in the last part.展开更多
基金It is a pleasure to thank Ofer Aharony,Shouvik Datta,Amit Giveon and David Kutasov for collaborations on the relevant projects that lead to this review.I thank Gang Yang for kind invitation and hospitality at ITP-CAS.Tm also indebted to Luis Apolo,Wei Li,Pujian Mao,Wei Song,Junbao Wu and Gang Yang for various helpful discussions.Many thanks to Alex Belin,Shouvik Datta,Amit Giveon,Madalena Lemos,Kostas Siampos,Wei Song,Roberto Tateo,Junbao Wu and Gang Yang for valuable feedbacks.
文摘This is a pedagogical review on TT^(-)deformation of two dimensional quantum field theories.It is based on three lectures which the author gave at ITP-CAS in December 2018.This review consists of four parts.The first part is a general introduction to TT^(-)deformation.Special emphasises are put on the deformed classical Lagrangian and the exact solvability of the spectrum.The second part focuses on the torus partition sum of the TT^(-)/JT^(-)deformed conformal field theories and modular invariance/covariance.In the third part,different perspectives of TT^(-)deformation are presented,including its relation to random geometry,2D topological gravity and holography.We summarize more recent developments until January 2021 in the last part.
