Published May 26, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Toward classification of conformal theories

Creators

  • 1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (USA). Lyman Lab. of Physics

Description

By studying the representations of the mapping class groups which arise in 2D conformal theories we derive some restrictions on the value of the conformal dimension hi of operators and the central charge c of the Virasoro algebra. As a simple application we show that when there are a finite number of operators in the conformal algebra, the hi and c are all rational. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
206
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
421-426
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract PHY-82-15249