A mathematical formalism for the Kondo effect in WZW branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v4
Abstract
In this paper, we show how to adapt our rigorous mathematical formalism for closed/open conformal field theory so that it captures the known physical theory of branes in the WZW model. This includes a mathematically precise approach to the Kondo effect, which is an example of evolution of one conformally invariant boundary condition into another through boundary conditions which can break conformal invariance, and a proposed mathematical statement of the Kondo effect conjecture. We also review some of the known physical results on WZW boundary conditions from a mathematical perspective.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0508050,
title = {A mathematical formalism for the Kondo effect in WZW branes},
author = {Po Hu and Igor Kriz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0508050},
year = {2008}
}
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Added explanations of the settings and main results