• Title of article

    Modular transformation and boundary states in logarithmic conformal field theory

  • Author/Authors

    Shinsuke Kawai، نويسنده , , John F. Wheater، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2001
  • Pages
    8
  • From page
    203
  • To page
    210
  • Abstract
    We study the c=−2 model of logarithmic conformal field theory in the presence of a boundary using symplectic fermions. We find boundary states with consistent modular properties. A peculiar feature of this model is that the vacuum representation corresponding to the identity operator is a sub-representation of a “reducible but indecomposable” larger representation. This leads to unusual properties, such as the failure of the Verlinde formula. Despite such complexities in the structure of modules, our results suggest that logarithmic conformal field theories admit bona fide boundary states.
  • Journal title
    PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Serial Year
    2001
  • Journal title
    PHYSICS LETTERS B
  • Record number

    914227