On string backgrounds and (logarithmic) CFT
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-06-27 v1
Abstract
We discuss the link between string backgrounds and the associated world-sheet CFTs. In the search for new backgrounds and CFTs, Penrose limits and Lie algebra contractions are important tools. The Nappi-Witten construction and the recently discovered logarithmic CFT by Bakas and Sfetsos, are considered as illustrations. We also speculate on possible extensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0404226,
title = {On string backgrounds and (logarithmic) CFT},
author = {Jorgen Rasmussen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0404226},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
9 pages, invited contribution to the proceedings on the IX-th Workshop on Mathematical Physics and Applications, Rabat, 23-25 February 2004