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Character relations and replication identities in 2d Conformal Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-11-03 v2

Abstract

We study replication identities satisfied by conformal characters of a 2D CFT, providing a natural framework for a physics interpretation of the famous Hauptmodul property of Monstrous Moonshine, and illustrate the underlying ideas in simple cases.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05511,
  title  = {Character relations and replication identities in 2d Conformal Field Theory},
  author = {P. Bantay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05511},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Some references added and conclusions greatly expanded

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