Conformal Nets I: Coordinate-Free Nets

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNU080zbMATH Open1339.81085arXiv1302.2604OpenAlexW2964308585MaRDI QIDQ5264500FDOQ5264500

André Henriques, Christopher L. Douglas, Arthur Bartels

Publication date: 27 July 2015

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe a coordinate-free perspective on conformal nets, as functors from intervals to von Neumann algebras. We discuss an operation of fusion of intervals and observe that a conformal net takes a fused interval to the fiber product of von Neumann algebras. Though coordinate-free nets do not a priori have vacuum sectors, we show that there is a vacuum sector canonically associated to any circle equipped with a conformal structure. This is the first in a series of papers constructing a 3-category of conformal nets, defects, sectors, and intertwiners.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.2604

Recommendations

• Conformal nets. V: Dualizability
• CONFORMAL COVARIANCE OF MASSLESS FREE NETS
• On conformal geometry of nets in \(n\)-dimensional Weyl space
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 37766
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3967343
• Conformal differential geometry of planar orthogonal nets
• On intermediate conformal nets
• Intrinsic geometry of nets on a multidimensional surface in a conformal space
• Conformal nets. IV: The 3-category
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3967348

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of (C^*)-algebras (46L05) Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Pencils, nets, webs in algebraic geometry (14C21) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

Cited In (20)

• A 3‐categorical perspective on G$G$‐crossed braided categories
• Loop groups and diffeomorphism groups of the circle as colimits
• Conformal nets. IV: The 3-category
• Free globularily generated double categories
• The moonshine anomaly
• Internalizing decorated bicategories: The globularily generated condition
• Supersymmetric field theories and the elliptic index theorem with complex coefficients
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Conformal nets are factorization algebras
• Compositional quantum field theory: An axiomatic presentation
• Strong additivity and conformal nets
• A skeletal model for \(2\mathrm{d}\) conformal AQFTs
• Fusion of defects
• DHR bimodules of quasi-local algebras and symmetric quantum cellular automata
• Conformal nets. V: Dualizability
• Bisognano-Wichmann property for rigid categorical extensions and non-local extensions of conformal nets
• On the definition and K-theory realization of a modular functor
• Conformal nets. II: Conformal blocks
• Categorical extensions of conformal nets
• Operads for algebraic quantum field theory

This page was built for publication: Conformal Nets I: Coordinate-Free Nets

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5264500)