On parity functions in conformal field theories

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/19/307zbMATH Open0962.81059arXivhep-th/9808158OpenAlexW2077908977MaRDI QIDQ4949080FDOQ4949080

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Publication date: 27 April 2000

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We examine general aspects of parity functions arising in rational conformal field theories, as a result of Galois theoretic properties of modular transformations. We focus more specifically on parity functions associated with affine Lie algebras, for which we give two efficient formulas. We investigate the consequences of these for the modular invariance problem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808158

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) 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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