Fusion, crossing and monodromy in conformal field theory based on SL(2) current algebra with fractional level

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00506-8zbMATH Open0974.17518arXivhep-th/9607129OpenAlexW2023967305MaRDI QIDQ1815554FDOQ1815554

Yanyan Li

Publication date: 12 November 1996

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Based on our earlier work on free field realizations of conformal blocks for conformal field theories with $SL(2)$ current algebra and with fractional level and spins, we discuss in some detail the fusion rules which arise. By a careful analysis of the 4-point functions, we find that both the fusion rules previously found in the literature are realized in our formulation. Since this is somewhat contrary to our expectations in our first work based on 3-point functions, we reanalyse the 3-point functions and come to the same conclusion. We compare our results on 4-point conformal blocks in particular with a different realization of these found by O. Andreev, and we argue for the equivalence. We describe in detail how integration contours have to be chosen to obtain convenient bases for conformal blocks, both in his and in our own formulation. We then carry out the rather lengthy calculation to obtain the crossing matrix between s- and t-channel blocks, and we use that to determine the monodromy invariant 4-point greens functions. We use the monodromy coefficients to obtain the operator algebra coefficients for theories based on admissible representations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9607129

zbMATH Keywords

admissible representationsfusion rulesfractional spinsintegration contoursmonodromy invariant Green functionsoperator algebra coefficients

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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