Ghost systems revisited: Modified Virasoro generators and logarithmic conformal field theories

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  • Marco Krohn
  • Michael Flohr

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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)431-449
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftJournal of high energy physics
Jahrgang7
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 28 Jan. 2003

Abstract

We study the possibility of extending ghost systems with higher spin to a logarithmic conformal field theory. In particular we are interested in c = -26 which turns out to behave very differently to the already known c = -2 case. The energy momentum tensor cannot be built anymore by a combination of derivatives of generalized symplectic fermion fields. Moreover, the logarithmically extended theory is only consistent when considered on nontrivial Riemann surfaces. This results in a LCFT with some unexpected properties. For instance the Virasoro mode L0 is diagonal and for certain values of the deformation parameters even the whole global conformal group is non-logarithmic.

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Ghost systems revisited: Modified Virasoro generators and logarithmic conformal field theories. / Krohn, Marco; Flohr, Michael.
in: Journal of high energy physics, Jahrgang 7, Nr. 1, 28.01.2003, S. 431-449.

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Krohn M, Flohr M. Ghost systems revisited: Modified Virasoro generators and logarithmic conformal field theories. Journal of high energy physics. 2003 Jan 28;7(1):431-449. doi: 10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/0212016, 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/01/020
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