Lectures on RCFT (Rational Conformal Field Theory)
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA) Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Dept. of Physics
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA) Rutgers--the State Univ., Piscataway, NJ (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
We review some recent results in two dimensional Rational Conformal Field Theory. We discuss these theories as a generalization of group theory. The relation to a three dimensional topological theory is explained and the particle example of Chern-Simons-Witten theory is analyzed in detail. This study leads to a natural conjecture regarding the classification of all RCFT's. 62 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (USA). Dept. of Physics
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76ER02220; AC02-76ER03075
- OSTI ID:
- 7038633
- Report Number(s):
- RU-89-32; YCTP-P--13-89; ON: DE90013731; CNN: NSF PHY-86-20266
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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