Published March 6, 2000 | Version v1
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Symmetry breaking boundaries II. More structures; Examples

Description

Various structural properties of the space of symmetry breaking boundary conditions that preserve an orbifold subalgebra are established. To each such boundary condition we associate its automorphism type. We show that correlation functions in the presence of such boundary conditions are expressible in terms of twisted boundary blocks which obey twisted Ward identities. The subset of boundary conditions that share the same automorphism type is controlled by a classifying algebra, whose structure constants are shown to be traces on spaces of chiral blocks. T-duality on boundary conditions is not a one-to-one map in general. These structures are illustrated in a number of examples. Several applications, including the construction of non-BPS boundary conditions in string theory, are exhibited

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S0550321399006690;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
568
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 543-593
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35025498
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFORMAL GROUPS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; DUALITY; FIELD THEORIES; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY BREAKING
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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Copyright (c) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.