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Four-dimensional avatars of two-dimensional RCFT

  • Alikhanov Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics
  • Yale University
  • Steklov Mathematical Institute

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Abstract

We investigate a 4D analog of 2D WZW theory. The theory turns out to have surprising finiteness properties and an infinite-dimensional current algebra symmetry. Some correlation functions are determined by this symmetry. One way to define the theory systematically proceeds by the quantization of moduli spaces of holomorphic vector bundles over algebraic surfaces. We outline how one can define vertex operators in the theories. Finally, we define four-dimensional "conformal blocks" and present an analog of the Verlinde formula.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)130-145
Number of pages16
JournalNuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
Volume46
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1996

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