Classical and quantum conformal field theories

2014/02/12 by Yanagida, Shintarou
#FOS: Mathematics #Quantum Algebra (math.QA)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1402.2943

Abstract

Following the formuation of Borcherds, we develop the theory of (quantum) vertex algebras, including several concrete examples. We also investigate the relationship between the vertex algebra and the chiral algebra due to Beilinson and Drinfeld.

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