BCFT and Ribbon Graphs as tools for open/closed string dualities

2007/10/31 by Valeria Gili, Valeria L. Gili, Mauro Carfora +4
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Graph Theory Research #Algorithms and Data Compression #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0710.5899

5 pages. To appear in the Proceeding of the 7th International Workshop "Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics" (LT-7), 18-24 June 2007, Varna, Bulgaria

arxiv created 2007/10/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

In the framework of simplicial models, we construct and we fully characterize a scalar boundary conformal field theory on a triangulated Riemann surface. The results are analysed from a string theory perspective as tools to deal with open/closed string dualities.

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