PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
 | Current algebra in conformal sigma models on supergroups (Part II) Speaker(s): Raphael Benichou
Abstract: Two-dimensional non-linear sigma models on some supergroup manifolds are conformal field theories whether the action includes a Wess-Zumino term or not. These models are relevant for the worldsheet description of string theory in Anti-de Sitter backgrounds with Ramond-Ramond fluxes. The current algebra is an useful tool to study these theories. In these lectures I will review the construction of the current algebra. Then I will discuss some applications to the computation of the spectrum and integrability.
Date: 14/05/2010 - 11:00 am
Series: Quantum Fields and Strings
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