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coset WZW model

Context

-Wess-Zumino-Witten theory

Quantum field theory

Physics

physics, mathematical physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes


theory (physics), model (physics)

Contents

Idea

The generalization of the WZW model where target space is not necessarily a Lie group G, but a coset space G/H for some subgroup H.

References

  • Edward Witten, On holomorphic factorization of WZW and coset models, Comm. Math. Phys. Volume 144, Number 1 (1992), 189-212. (EUCLID)

Created on December 5, 2011 12:31:47 by Urs Schreiber (82.113.98.199)