TY - JOUR
T1 - Factorization and selection rules of operator product algebras in conformal field theories
AU - Brustein, Ram
AU - Yankielowicz, Shimon
AU - Zuber, Jean Bernard
N1 - Funding Information:
in part by the U.S.-Israel Science foundation and by the Israeli Academy of Science.
PY - 1989/2/6
Y1 - 1989/2/6
N2 - Factorization of the operator product algebra in conformal field theory into independent left and right components is investigated. For those theories in which factorization holds we propose an ansatz for the number of independent amplitudes which appear in the fusion rules, in terms of the crossing matrices of conformal blocks in the plane. This is proved to be equivalent to a recent conjecture by Verlinde. The monodromy properties of the conformal blocks of 2-point functions on the torus are investigated. The analysis of their short-distance singularitities leads to a precise definition of Verlinde's operations.
AB - Factorization of the operator product algebra in conformal field theory into independent left and right components is investigated. For those theories in which factorization holds we propose an ansatz for the number of independent amplitudes which appear in the fusion rules, in terms of the crossing matrices of conformal blocks in the plane. This is proved to be equivalent to a recent conjecture by Verlinde. The monodromy properties of the conformal blocks of 2-point functions on the torus are investigated. The analysis of their short-distance singularitities leads to a precise definition of Verlinde's operations.
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U2 - 10.1016/0550-3213(89)90322-2
DO - 10.1016/0550-3213(89)90322-2
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AN - SCOPUS:0011567971
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 313
SP - 321
EP - 347
JO - Nuclear Physics, Section B
JF - Nuclear Physics, Section B
IS - 2
ER -