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sl^(2)_{-1/2}: A Case Study

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-04-02 v2

Abstract

The construction of the non-logarithmic conformal field theory based on sl^(2)_{-1/2} is revisited. Without resorting to free-field methods, the determination of the spectrum and fusion rules is streamlined and the beta gamma ghost system is carefully derived as the extended algebra generated by the unique finite-order simple current. A brief discussion of modular invariance is given and the Verlinde formula is explicitly verified.

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@article{arxiv.0810.3532,
  title  = {sl^(2)_{-1/2}: A Case Study},
  author = {David Ridout},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.3532},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

33 pages, 2 figures v2: added refs and clarifying comments

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