Two Dimensional Conformal Field Theory and a Primer to Chiral Algebras
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-10-29 v1 Mathematical Physics
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Abstract
We review various aspects of two dimensional conformal field theories paying close attention to the algebraic structures that intervene. We provide a compact description regarding the appearance of a chiral algebra as the symmetry algebra related to local conformal symmetry, namely the Virasoro algebra. We then introduce two dimensional conformal field theories with additional symmetries in which extended chiral algebras emerge as a natural generalization of the conformal case.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2110.15164,
title = {Two Dimensional Conformal Field Theory and a Primer to Chiral Algebras},
author = {Joaquin Liniado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.15164},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
66 pages, 3 figures