Fusion rules and modular transformations in 2D conformal field theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(88)90603-7zbMath1180.81120WikidataQ56387677 ScholiaQ56387677MaRDI QIDQ848792

Erik P. Verlinde

Publication date: 23 February 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(88)90603-7

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

81R10: Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations

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