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On quantum group symmetries of conformal field theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The appearance of quantum groups in conformal field theories is traced back to the Poisson-Lie symmetries of the classical chiral theory. A geometric quantization of the classical theory deforms the Poisson-Lie symmetries to the quantum group ones. This elucidates the fundamental role of chiral symmetries that quantum groups play in conformal models. As a byproduct, one obtains a more geometric approach to the representation theory of quantum groups.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9109023,
  title  = {On quantum group symmetries of conformal field theories},
  author = {Fernando Falceto and Krzysztof Gawedzki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9109023},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages