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D-brane conformal field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We outline the structure of boundary conditions in conformal field theory. A boundary condition is specified by a consistent collection of reflection coefficients for bulk fields on the disk together with a choice of an automorphism \omega of the fusion rules that preserves conformal weights. Non-trivial automorphisms \omega correspond to D-brane configurations for arbitrary conformal field theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9801190,
  title  = {D-brane conformal field theory},
  author = {J. Fuchs and C. Schweigert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9801190},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages, LaTeX2e. Slightly extended version of a talk given by J. Fuchs at the 31st International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles, Buckow, Germany, September 1997