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Relating c<0 and c>0 Conformal Field Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

A `canonical mapping' is established between the c=-1 system of bosonic ghosts and the c=2 complex scalar theory and, a similar mapping between the c=-2 system of fermionic ghosts and the c=1 Dirac theory. The existence of this mapping is suggested by the identity of the characters of the respective theories. The respective c<0 and c>0 theories share the same space of states, whereas the spaces of conformal fields are different. Upon this mapping from their c<0 counterparts, the (c>0) complex scalar and the Dirac theories inherit hidden nonlocal sl(2) symmetries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9612172,
  title  = {Relating c<0 and c>0 Conformal Field Theories},
  author = {Sathya Guruswamy and Andreas W. W. Ludwig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9612172},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages, harvmac