Published August 10, 1989 | Version v1
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Nonunitarity in rational conformal field theory

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)

Description

A necessary condition for unitarity is given for rational conformal field theories in terms of the matrix implementing modular transformations. The interpretation of this criterion in 2+1 Chern-Simons theory and in terms of boundary conditions and RSOS models is noted. Some examples are given. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
226
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
267-271
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20072947
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRAIC FIELD THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHIRALITY; CONFORMAL GROUPS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; FIELD ALGEBRA; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; MATRICES; SPACE-TIME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNITARITY
Descriptors DEC
AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TRANSFORMATIONS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DE-AC02-76ER02220