Global gauge anomalies in coset models of conformal field theory

DOI10.1007/s00220-014-1995-zzbMath1292.81124arXiv1301.2517OpenAlexW3100922643MaRDI QIDQ2248871

Paul de Fromont, Clément Tauber, Krzysztof Gawędzki

Publication date: 27 June 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.2517

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorygauge anomaliescoset modelsgauged rigid adjoint symmetriesgauged twisted-adjoint symmetriesLie subalgebras of simple Lie algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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