Published December 17, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Conformal theories and punctured surfaces

Creators

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

Description

We define conformal theories as realizations of certain operations involving punctured Riemann surfaces (with coordinates chosen at the punctures) in a Hilbert space. We describe the connections of our formalism with other formulations of conformal theories. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
199
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
195-202
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19033800
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; HILBERT SPACE; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RIEMANN SPACE; SURFACES; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
BANACH SPACE; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; SPACE

Optional Information

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