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Conformal Field Theory In Four And Six Dimensions

Representation Theory 2008-02-07 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The goal of these notes is to give a brief explanation of how electric-magnetic duality in four dimensions is related to the existence of an unusual conformal field theory in six dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.0712.0157,
  title  = {Conformal Field Theory In Four And Six Dimensions},
  author = {Edward Witten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0157},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

16 pp; lectures presented at the Conference On Topology, Geometry, and Quantum Field Theory (Oxford University, 2002); minor error corrected in v. 2

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