\obeylines ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD IRISH QUANTUM FIELD THEORY MEETING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY 24 AND 25 MAY 1996 AT SCHOOL OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES BURLINGTON ROAD DUBLIN 4 IRELAND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE DETAILS AVAILABLE ON WORLD WIDE WEB AT: www.thphys.may.ie AND CONFERENCE FORUM OF:http://xxx.lanl.gov/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD IRISH QUANTUM FIELD THEORY MEETING SPEAKERS: P. GODDARD (CAMBRIDGE) G. SEGAL (CAMBRIDGE) R. L. MILLS (MAYNOOTH/OHIO STATE) A. BALACHANDRAN (SYRACUSE) R. FLUME (DIAS/BONN) B. DOLAN (MAYNOOTH) M. FRY (TRINITY COLLEGE) D. ADAMS (TRINITY COLLEGE) I. SACHS (DIAS) C. WIESENDANGER (DIAS) D. BIRMINGHAM (UCD) C. HOUGHTON (CAMBRIDGE) PROGRAMME OF TALKS P. GODDARD: MEROMORPHIC CONFORMAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORY G. SEGAL: THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY R. L. MILLS: GAUGE FIELDS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY R. FLUME: SUPERSYMMETRIC INSTANTON CALCULATIONS A. P. BALACHANDRAN: TOPOLOGY CHANGE AND QUANTUM PHYSICS D. ADAMS: LATTICE REGULARISATION OF ABELIAN CHERN-SIMONS THEORY ON COMPACT SPACETIME M. FRY: $QED_{2,3,4}$ IN INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELDS B. DOLAN: GEOMETRY AND THE RENORMALISATION GROUP I. SACHS: WEYL-GAUGING AND CURVED SPACE APPROACH TO SCALE AND CONFORMAL INVARIANCE C. WIESENDANGER: A TWO SCALE SUBTRACTION SCHEME AND PARTIAL RENORMALISATION GROUP EQUATIONS IN $O(N)$ $\phi^4$ D. BIRMINGHAM: TOPOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN REGGE CALCULUS C. HOUGHTON: 3-MONOPOLES FRIDAY 24 MAY 10--10:45 D. BIRMINGHAM: TOPOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN REGGE CALCULUS CHAIR: L. O RAIFEARTAIGH 10:45--11:00 TEA/COFFEE 11:00--11:45 I. SACHS: WEYL-GAUGING AND CURVED SPACE APPROACH TO SCALE AND CONFORMAL INVARIANCE CHAIR: T. SHERRY 11:45--12:45 G. SEGAL: THE FORMAL STRUCTURE OF QUANTUM FIELD THEORY CHAIR: C. NASH 12:45--2:15 LUNCH 2:15--3:15 P. GODDARD: MEROMORPHIC CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY I CHAIR: T. TCHRAKIAN 3:15--4:00 D. ADAMS: LATTICE REGULARISATION OF ABELIAN CHERN-SIMONS THEORY ON COMPACT SPACETIME CHAIR: T. TCHRAKIAN 4:00--4:15 TEA/COFFEE 4:15--5:00 C. WIESENDANGER: A TWO SCALE SUBTRACTION SCHEME AND PARTIAL RENORMALISATION GROUP EQUATIONS IN $O(N)$ $\phi^4$ CHAIR: S. SEN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTE FRIDAY MAY 24 7:30PM: EVENING TALK IN TCD JOLY LECTURE THEATRE HAMILTON BUILDING R. L. MILLS: GAUGE FIELDS: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY ********* COMMONS IN TCD FRIDAY MAY 24 AT 6PM SEE NOTE BELOW ********** -------------------------------------------------------------------- SATURDAY 25 MAY 10--11:00 P. GODDARD: MEROMORPHIC CONFORMAL FIELD THEORY II CHAIR: M. P. FRY 11:00--11:15 TEA/COFFEE 11:15--12:00 M. P. FRY: $QED_{2,3,4}$ IN INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELDS CHAIR: N. H. BUTTIMORE 12--12:45 B. DOLAN: GEOMETRY AND THE RENORMALISATION GROUP CHAIR: N. H. BUTTIMORE 12:45--2:15 LUNCH 2:15--3:15 A. BALACHANDRAN: TOPOLOGY CHANGE AND QUANTUM PHYSICS CHAIR: B. DOLAN 3:15--4:15 R. FLUME: SUPERSYMMETRIC INSTANTON CALCULATIONS CHAIR: B.DOLAN 4:15--4:30 TEA/COFFEE 4:30--5:15 C. HOUGHTON: 3-MONOPOLES CHAIR: C. NASH ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A TABLE HAS BEEN BOOKED FOR COMMONS (EVENING MEAL) IN TCD FOR 6PM FRIDAY 24 MAY. SIDDHARTHA NEEDS TO HAVE IR6.50 PER PERSON BY THURSDAY 23 MAY FOR THIS MEAL. PLEASE PAY BY CASH OR CHEQUE (NO CREDIT CARDS); CHEQUES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO S. SEN. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION FOR ALL ENQUIRIES CONTACT EITHER S. SEN (TCD) TEL: 608 1215 (DIRECT LINE TO OFFICE) EMAIL: SEN@MATHS.TCD.IE OR C. NASH (MAYNOOTH) TEL: 708 3764 (DIRECT LINE TO OFFICE) EMAIL: CNASH@THPHYS.MAY.IE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------