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We study the free field realization of the two-dimensional osp(1|2) current algebra. We consider the case in which the level of the affine osp(1|2) symmetry is a positive integer. Using the Coulomb gas technique we obtain integral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 I. P. Ennes , A. V. Ramallo , J. M. Sanchez de Santos

We consider the problem of computing N=2 superconformal block functions. We argue that the Kazama-Suzuki coset realization of N=2 superconformal algebra in terms of the affine sl(2) algebra provides relations between N=2 and affine sl(2)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 V. Belavin

These lecture notes provide a comprehensive introduction to 2d conformal field theory, covering foundational topics such as free fields, minimal models, Zamolodchikov's $c$-theorem, Wess-Zumino-Witten models, modular invariant partition…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-25 Satoshi Nawata , Runkai Tao , Daisuke Yokoyama

A graded generalization of the Z_k parafermionic current osp(1|2)/U(1) coset conformal field theory. The structure of the parafermionic highest-weight modules is analyzed and the dimensions of the fields of the theory are determined. A free…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 J. M. Camino , A. V. Ramallo , J. M. Sanchez de Santos

The free field representation of the osp(1|2) current algebra is analyzed. The four point conformal blocks of the theory are studied. The structure constants for the product of an arbitrary primary operator and a primary field that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 I. P. Ennes , A. V. Ramallo , J. M. Sanchez de Santos

We show how bosonic (free field) representations for so-called degenerate conformal theories are built by singular vectors in Verma modules. Based on this construction, general expressions of conformal blocks are proposed. As an example we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-04-20 Oleg Andreev , Boris Feigin

In this letter the explicit form of general two-point functions in affine SL(N) current algebra is provided for all representations, integrable or non-integrable. The weight of the conjugate field to a primary field of arbitrary weight is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Jorgen Rasmussen

We consider the Feigin-Fuchs-Felder formalism of the $SU(2)_k\times SU(2)_l/SU(2)_{k+l}$ coset minimal conformal field theory and extend it to higher genus. We investigate a double BRST complex with respect to two compatible BRST charges,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Hitoshi Konno

We present a new application of affine Lie algebras to massive quantum field theory in 2 dimensions, by investigating the $q\to 1$ limit of the q-deformed affine $\hat{sl(2)}$ symmetry of the sine-Gordon theory, this limit occurring at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 Andre LeClair

Some time ago, conformal data with affine fusion rules were found. Our purpose here is to realize some of these conformal data, using systems of free bosons and parafermions. The so constructed theories have an extended $W$ algebras which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Doron Gepner

We compute the algebra of left and right currents for a principal chiral model with arbitrary Wess-Zumino term on supergroups with zero Killing form. We define primary fields for the current algebra that match the affine primaries at the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-18 Raphael Benichou , Jan Troost

A general two-dimensional fractional supersymmetric conformal field theory is investigated. The structure of the symmetries of the theory is studied. Applying the generators of the closed subalgebra generated by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-01-07 Fardin Kheirandish , Mohammad Khorrami

In this note we provide a gentle introduction to the concepts and intuition behind the recent breakthrough results on the mathematically rigorous construction of a non-trivial 2D conformal field theory, namely the so-called Liouville…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-27 Martin Hairer

The $gl(4|4)$ current algebra at general level $k$ is investigated. Its free field representation and corresponding energy-momentum tensor are constructed. Seven screening currents of the first kind are also presented.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Wen-Li Yang , Yao-Zhong Zhang , Xin Liu

Chiral orbifold models are defined as gauge field theories with a finite gauge group $\Gamma$. We start with a conformal current algebra A associated with a connected compact Lie group G and a negative definite integral invariant bilinear…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Victor G. Kac , Ivan T. Todorov

A solution to the long-standing problem of identifying the conformal field theory governing the transition between quantized Hall plateaus of a disordered noninteracting 2d electron gas, is proposed. The theory is a nonlinear sigma model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin R. Zirnbauer

We present a new framework for a Lagrangian description of conformal field theories in various dimensions based on a local version of d+2-dimensional conformal space. The results include a true gauge theory of conformal gravity in d=(1,3)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 C. R. Preitschopf , M. A. Vasiliev

Motivated by application of current superalgebras in the study of disordered systems such as the random XY and Dirac models, we investigate $gl(2|2)$ current superalgebra at general level $k$. We construct its free field representation and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Xiang-Mao Ding , Mark D. Gould , Yao-Zhong Zhang

We study field theories in two spacetime dimensions invariant under a chiral scaling symmetry that acts only on right-movers. The local symmetries include one copy of the Virasoro algebra and a U(1) current algebra. This differs from the 2d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-11 Stephane Detournay , Thomas Hartman , Diego M. Hofman

A new parafermionic algebra associated with the homogeneous space $A^{(2)}_2/U(1)$ and its corresponding $Z$-algebra have been recently proposed. In this paper, we give a free boson representation of the $A^{(2)}_2$ parafermion algebra in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Xiang-Mao Ding , Mark. D. Gould , Yao-Zhong Zhang