Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas - CBPF/CNPq 
Programas da Escola de Verão 98

  Topics in Topological Field Theory - George Thompson

Nível: Pós-Graduação

Objetivos :

The course will introduce the main ideas in topological field theory, along with some very recent applications in Physics and Mathematics.

Ementa:

I.      Introduction to Topological Field Theory
II.     Supersymetric Quantum Mechanics and the Euler Character
III.    S-Duality in Maxwell Theory and Abelian Instantons
IV.   Donaldson Theory and Seiberg-Witten Equations

Bibliografia:

G. Thompson et al., Topological Field Theory, Phys. Rep. 209 (1991) 129;