Timeline for Why is a critical quantum system described by a conformal theory in one higher dimension of space?
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| Jan 29, 2012 at 17:06 | comment | added | Calvin | Any ideas? I'm thinking their 2D CFT means 1+1 dimensions. | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 21:55 | comment | added | Calvin | For example, the paper arXiv:hep-th/0603001v2 which says "For one-dimensional (1D) quantum many-body systems at criticality (i.e. 2D CFT), it is known..." | |
| Jan 11, 2012 at 15:13 | comment | added | Ron Maimon | @Calvin: You have to post the paper--- not all one dimensional many-body systems are conformal field theories, and these authors might be making a mistake. I can't say without reading the paper. | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 11:38 | comment | added | Calvin | Thanks @Ron, I understand that not all field theories are conformal. I've just read a few papers that say they consider a one dimensional many-body system and then say it's a 2D conformal field theory - do you know why? | |
| Dec 12, 2011 at 11:07 | history | answered | Ron Maimon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |