The Verlinde formula in logarithmic CFT
Abstract
In rational conformal field theory, the Verlinde formula computes the fusion coefficients from the modular S-transformations of the characters of the chiral algebra's representations. Generalising this formula to logarithmic models has proven rather difficult for a variety of reasons. Here, a recently proposed formalism (arXiv:1303.0847 [hep-th]) for the modular properties of certain classes of logarithmic theories is reviewed, and refined, using simple examples. A formalism addressing fusion rules in simple current extensions is also reviewed as a means to tackle logarithmic theories to which the proposed modular formalism does not directly apply.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1409.0670,
title = {The Verlinde formula in logarithmic CFT},
author = {David Ridout and Simon Wood},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.0670},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
12 pages, proceedings article for the 30th ICGTMP (Ghent, 2014); v2 fixed an erroneous statement pointed out by Antun Milas; v3 made a few minor clarifications to discussion and added a couple of refs