Constraints on two-dimensional conformal field theories from knot invariants (Q1825476)
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Constraints on two-dimensional conformal field theories from knot invariants (English)
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1989
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The connection between Witten's topological three dimensional gauge theory and Rational Conformal Field Theory (RCFT) provides a natural setting to study the interplay between surface diffeomorphisms and the intertwining of N Wilson loops in the manifold \(S^ 2\times S^ 1\). These considerations lead directly to a set of constraints on the operator content and scaling dimensions of RCFT's including those previously derived by Vafa. In a follow up work [Rational conformal theories from Witten's knot approach: Constraints and their analysis] the authors show that all constraints obtained from \(N>4\) follow from the \(N=4\) constraints. Furthermore two infinite classes of RCFT's, namely the SU(2) affine series and the discrete unitary series are shown to be solutions of these constraints.
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topological three dimensional gauge theory
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Rational Conformal Field Theory
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surface diffeomorphisms
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Wilson loops
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constraints
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SU(2) affine series
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discrete unitary series
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