Conformal field theory and a new geometry

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2011-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/1107.3649v1

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Quantum Algebra

46 pages, a contribution to Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Field and Perturbative String Theory, Hisham Sati, Urs Schreib

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This paper is a review of open-closed rational conformal field theory (CFT) via the theory of vertex operator algebras (VOAs), together with a proposal of a new geometry based on CFTs and D-branes. We will start with an outline of the idea of the new geometry, followed by some philosophical background behind this vision. Then we will review a working definition of CFT slightly modified from Segal's original definition and explain how VOA emerges from it naturally. Next, using the representation theory of rational VOAs, we will discuss a classification result of open-closed rational CFTs, from which some basic properties of a rational CFT, such as the Holographic Principle, can be derived. They will also serve as supporting evidences for the vision of a new geometry. In the end, we briefly discuss the connection between our vision of a new geometry and other topics.

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