Conformal Field Theories: From Old to New
Journal Article
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· Theoretical and Methematical Physics
OSTI ID:924823
In a short review of recent work, we discuss the general problem of constructing the actions of new conformal field theories from old conformal field theories. Such a construction follows when the old conformal field theory admits new conformal stress tensors in its chiral algebra, and it turns out that the new conformal field theory is generically a new spin-two gauge theory. As an example we discuss the new spin-two gauged sigma models which arise in this fashion from the general conformal non-linear sigma model.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director, Office of Energy Research; National ScienceFoundation
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231; NSF:PHY-95-14797
- OSTI ID:
- 924823
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-41142; TRN: US0802986
- Journal Information:
- Theoretical and Methematical Physics, Vol. 117; Related Information: Journal Publication Date: 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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