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Non-rational su(2) cosets and Liouville field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-10-08 v1

Abstract

We propose an su(2) WZNW model with a non-rational level and a continuous spectrum based on the non-unitary hermitian representations of the chiral algebra su(2)_k. It is conjectured that for this model the continuous spectra counterpart of the Goddard-Kent-Olive (GKO) coset construction yields the Liouville and the imaginary Liouville field theories. We support the conjecture by a number of nontrivial tests based on analytic calculations.

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@article{arxiv.1510.01773,
  title  = {Non-rational su(2) cosets and Liouville field theory},
  author = {Zbigniew Jaskolski and Paulina Suchanek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01773},
  year   = {2015}
}

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48 pages, 2 figures