Constraints on two-dimensional conformal field theories from knot invariants

DOI10.1007/BF00405260zbMath0684.57005OpenAlexW2038787475MaRDI QIDQ1825476

Philip Murphy, Siddhartha Sen

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00405260

zbMATH Keywords

surface diffeomorphismsWilson loopsconstraintsRational Conformal Field Theorydiscrete unitary seriesSU(2) affine seriestopological three dimensional gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Constructive quantum field theory (81T08)

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Rational conformal theories from Witten's knot approach: Constraints and their analysis

Cites Work

• Fusion rules and modular transformations in 2D conformal field theory
• Determinants of Cauchy-Riemann operators on a Riemann surface
• Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory
• The partition function of degenerate quadratic functional and Ray-Singer invariants
• A polynomial invariant for knots via von Neumann algebras

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