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Semi-Classical Blocks and Correlators in Rational and Irrational Conformal Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v4

Abstract

The generalized Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations of irrational conformal field theory provide a uniform description of rational and irrational conformal field theory. Starting from the known high-level solution of these equations, we first construct the high-level conformal blocks and correlators of all the affine-Sugawara and coset constructions on simple g. Using intuition gained from these cases, we then identify a simple class of irrational processes whose high-level blocks and correlators we are also able to construct.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9601070,
  title  = {Semi-Classical Blocks and Correlators in Rational and Irrational Conformal Field Theory},
  author = {M. B. Halpern and N. A. Obers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9601070},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

53 pages, Latex. Revised version with extended discussion of phases and secondaries