Abstract
We study the massless quantum field theories describing the critical points in two dimensional statistical systems. These theories are invariant with respect to the infinite dimensional group of conformal (analytic) transformations. It is shown that the local fields forming the operator algebra can be classified according to the irreducible representations of the Virasoro algebra. Exactly solvable theories associated with degenerate representations are analized. In these theories the anomalous dimensions are known exactly and the correlation functions satisfy the system of linear differential equations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 763-774 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Statistical Physics |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 5-6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1984 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
Keywords
- Kac formula
- Second order phase transitions
- Vivasoro algebra
- conformal symmetry
- operator algebra
- two-dimensional systems