G/H Conformal Field Theory

Author: Douglas, Michael Ronald

Year: 1988

Degree: Dissertation (Ph.D.)

Advisor: Schwarz, John H.

Committee Members: Schwarz, John H.; Preskill, John P.; Fox, Geoffrey C.; Porter, Frank C.

Option: Physics

DOI: 10.7907/YNEZ-8X17

Abstract

We show that for every affine Lie algebra G and subalgebra H there exists an exactly solvable two-dimensional conformal field theory, and give a procedure for explicitly determining its correlation functions and partition function given those for the Wess-Zumino-Witten models with symmetry algebras G and H.

Files

• Douglas_mr_1988.pdf (application/pdf)