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SLE for theoretical physicists

John Cardy ^,

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, UK
All Souls College, Oxford, UK

Received 14 March 2005; accepted 4 April 2005. Available online 12 May 2005.

This article provides an introduction to Schramm (stochastic)–Loewner evolution (SLE) and to its connection with conformal field theory, from the point of view of its application to two-dimensional critical behaviour. The emphasis is on the conceptual ideas rather than rigorous proofs.