Notes on 2D Conformal Field Theory and String Theory

1998/11/09 by Dennis Gaitsgory, Gaitsgory, Dennis · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Mathematics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Algebra (math.QA) #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #math.AG #math.QA

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/9811061

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Abstract

We explain the basics of conformal theory using the language of chiral algebras of Beilinson and Drinfeld.

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