Recent Progress in Irrational Conformal Field Theory
Abstract
In this talk, I will review the foundations of irrational conformal field theory (ICFT), which includes rational conformal field theory as a small subspace. Highlights of the review include the Virasoro master equation, the Ward identities for the correlators of ICFT and solutions of the Ward identities. In particular, I will discuss the solutions for the correlators of the g/h coset constructions and the correlators of the affine-Sugawara nests on g⊃ h1 ⊃ … ⊃ hn. Finally, I will discuss the recent global solution for the correlators of all the ICFT's in the master equation.
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