Objective The primary aim of the project is to establish a network of thirteen institutions, each containing small to medium size research groups of theoretical and mathematical physicists, sharing a common purpose but possessing complementary expertise. The common purpose lies in seeking a unified description of all the fundamental forces of nature, and a shared expectation that this will emerge from string theory. The complementary expertise lies in the major sub-fields of conformal field theory; integrable quantum field theories and their relationship to models of statistical mechanical systems; matrix models, topological field theory, low-dimensional gravity and their relationships to string theory; the representation theory of Kac-Moody, Virasoro and W-algebras; the development of the theory of quantum groups and their representation theory. All of these are studied at one or more nodes of the network. Key ideas are expected to come from broadly educated younger members of the community, and the network will foster the training of young people.A network of institutions has been established, each containing small to medium size research groups of theoretical and mathematical physicists, sharing a common purpose but possessing complementary expertise. The common purpose lies in seeking a unified description of all the fundamental forces of nature, and a shared expectation that this will emerge from string theory. The complementary expertise lies in the major subfields of conformal field theory; integrable quantum field theories and their relationship to models of statistical mechanical systems; matrix models, topological field theory, low dimensional gravity and their relationships to string theory; the representation theory of Kac-Moody, Virasoro and W-algebras; the development of the theory of quantum groups and their representation theory. Progress has been made in several directions, particularly in 2-dimensional gravity, the discovery of hidden symmetries in reductions of Einstein's theory, in the application of W-symmetry to the quantum Hall effect, in the exploration of soliton and other solutions in Toda field theory, the study of N=2 conformal field theories, development of the Bethe ansatz technique and in the study of quantum groups including the deformed Poincare algebra. Fields of science natural sciencesphysical sciencesquantum physicsquantum field theorynatural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicsalgebranatural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsstring theorynatural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsstatistical mechanicsnatural sciencesmathematicsapplied mathematicsmathematical physicsconformal field theory Programme(s) FP3-HCM - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of human capital and mobility, 1990-1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM EU contribution No data Address Science Laboratories, South Road DH1 3LE DURHAM United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Spain EU contribution No data Address Calle Serrano 117 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) France EU contribution No data Address 24 rue Lhomond 75231 Paris See on map Total cost No data Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) France EU contribution No data Address Centre d'Études de Saclay 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette See on map Total cost No data Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare Italy EU contribution No data Address Largo Enrico Fermi 2 50125 Firenze See on map Total cost No data KING'S COLLEGE LONDON United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address STRAND WC2R 2LS LONDON See on map Total cost No data RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN Germany EU contribution No data Address Nussallee 12 BONN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA Switzerland EU contribution No data Address 24,Quai Ernest Ansermet 24 1211 GENEVE See on map Total cost No data University of Wales, Swansea United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Singleton Park SA2 8PP Swansea See on map Total cost No data Universität Hamburg Germany EU contribution No data Address Luruperchaussee 159 22761 Hamburg See on map Total cost No data Université de Mons Hainaut Belgium EU contribution No data Address 8,Avenue du Champ de Mars 7000 Mons See on map Total cost No data Uppsala University Sweden EU contribution No data Address 5A,Thunbergsvaegen 751 21 Uppsala See on map Total cost No data École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France EU contribution No data Address 46 allée d'Italie 69364 Lyon See on map Total cost No data
