Systematic approach to cyclic orbifolds

被引:128
作者
Borisov, L
Halpern, MB
Schweigert, C
机构
[1] Math Sci Res Inst, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Theoret Phys Grp, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A | 1998年 / 13卷 / 01期
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10.1142/S0217751X98000044
中图分类号
O57 [原子核物理学、高能物理学];
学科分类号
070202 ;
摘要
We introduce an orbifold induction procedure which provides a systematic construction of cyclic orbifolds, including their twisted sectors. The procedure gives counterparts in the orbifold theory of all the current-algebraic constructions of conformal field theory and enables us to find the orbifold characters and their modular transformation properties.
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页码:125 / 168
页数:44
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