Events: detail
Symmetries and defects in conformal field theory
- Hosted by:
- The London Triangle
- Speaker:
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Ingo Runkel, KCL
- Starts:
- November 21, 2007 at 01:15 pm
- Ends:
- November 21, 2007 at 02:15 pm
- Location:
- King’s College London, Department of Mathematics, Room 423, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Given two conformal field theories, one of which is defined on the upper half plane and the other on the lower half plane, one can ask for conformally invariant ways to join them along the real line. The resulting interface is called a defect line. These defects contain interesting information about the CFT, such as its symmetries, order-disorder dualities and T-dualities. They also provide relations between string theories on different target spaces.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
For more information
- Contact person:
- London Triangle
- Email:
- triangle [ at ] mth.kcl.ac.uk
- Website:
- Symmetries and defects in conformal field theory
