The operator algebra of orbifold models

DOI10.1007/BF01238812zbMath0674.46051MaRDI QIDQ1121499

Herman Verlinde, Cumrun Vafa, Robbert Dijkgraaf, Erik P. Verlinde

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

orbifold theories; conformal field theories; rational conformal field theory; chiral properties; fusion algebra; modular groups; holomorphic conformal field theories; modular transformation properties of the one loop characters; twisted Hilbert space; Virasaro algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T05: Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras

46N99: Miscellaneous applications of functional analysis

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