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1 March 993 Introduction to Conformal Field Theory Suresh Govindarajan The Institute of Mathematical Sciences C. I. T. Campus, Taramani Madras Abstract In these lectures, we provide a introduction to Conformal Field Theory with applications to Condensed Matter Physics in mind. More directly, these provide the background information one would need for the lectures given by P. Durganandini in this Workshop. Hence these are not comprehensive. The interested reader is directed to some of the more elaborate reviews on the subject[3, 4]. Introduction Second order phase transitions occur in a large number of (statistical mechanical) systems. At second order phase transitions, the first derivatives of like Magnetisation, Entropy, etc. are continuous. However, higher derivatives exhibit discontinuity. Examples of such systems are gas-liquid phase transition; paramagnetic-ferromagnetic phase transition. At such phase transitions one observes large scale correlations. In the gas-liquid system, this(i.e., the increase in correlation length) leads to the phenomenon of critical opalescence regions the size of microns which is comparable to the wavelength of visible light are seen to fluctuate coherently. At such phase transitions, the most important features are captured by a small number of parameters(fields). These are called the order parameter(s). In the gas-liquid system, the order parameter is the liquid density; in the ferromagnet the order parameter is the spin density. Let φ(x) be a generic order parameter and δφ φ(x) φ(x), be the fluctuation of the order parameter about its mean value. Away from the critical point, one has δφ(x) δφ(0) e x ξ () where ξ is the correlation length. The above is no longer true at the critical point. The correlation length diverges, i.e., ξ L, where L is the length of the system. The two point correlation function is governed by a power law behaviour δφ(x) δφ(0) x (D 2+η). (2) Talk presented at the Workshop on Low dimensional field theories at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences during Feb. 8-3, 993. Address from September 993: Theoretical Physics Group, TIFR, Bombay
2 The divergence of ξ at the critical point implies that the system is scale invariant. In other words, physical quantities do not depend on the length scale chosen. Evidence, for this is the wide range of systems(and temperature) where the gasliquid phase transition has a similar behaviour. The relevant physical quantities are given by the so-called scaling fields. Examples of scaling fields are the spin-density σ and the energy density ε in the 2D Ising Model. Scaling transformations are given by the following x µ λ x µ (3) Under the above transformation, the scaling fields transform as φ(x) λ φ(x) (4) where is referred to as the scaling dimension of the field φ. Polyakov[] conjectured that systems(with assumptions such as isotropy and possibly locality of interactions) exhibiting scale invariance in 2D possess a symmetry larger than simple scaling. This symmetry group is called the conformal group. 2 Conformal Invariance Conformal transformations are those general coordinate transformations which preserve the form of the metric up to an overall scaling. Such transformations keep angles invariant and hence they are called conformal. Under coordinate transformations, x µ x µ (x), the metric transforms as g µν g µν = xσ x µ x τ x ν g στ (5) The above transformation is obtained from the tensorial properties on the metric(it is a second rank tensor). However, only those transformations for which g µν = Ω(x)g µν, (6) are conformal. Note that a generic coordinate transformation is not conformal. 2. Conformal Invariance for D > 2 The set of conformal transformations are obtained by solving the set of differential equations corresponding to the following Ω(x)g µν = xσ x µ x τ x ν g στ, (7) 2
3 where µ, ν =,..., D. Please see [3] for a derivation of the complete set of conformal transformations. In this lecture, I will just give the results. The set of conformal transformations are. The Poincaré Group(Translations and Rotations): x µ x µ = x µ + a µ (8) x µ x µ = Λ µ ν x ν (9) where a µ is a constant vector and Λ µ ν is a constant matrix which belongs to SO(D)(for Euclidean case) or SO(D, ). As can trivially be seen, for these two cases, the metric remains the same(i.e., Ω = ). 2. Scaling: Here Ω = λ 2. x µ x µ = λx µ (0) 3. Special Conformal Transformations: In addition to the above trivial set of conformal transformations, one has another transformation parametrised by a constant vector b µ given by x µ x µ = x µ + b µ x 2 + 2b x + b 2 x 2. () Exercise: Show that this transformation is conformal with Ω = ( + 2b x + b 2 x 2 ) 2. The number of parameters of the conformal group is (D + )(D + 2)(= D + 2 (D )D++D). For the case of D = 4, the conformal group is 5 dimensional. 2 Also, this group is a global group since all the parameters are independent of the coordinates. 2.2 Conformal Invariance in 2 dimensions and the Virasoro Algebra In this subsection, we shall move to the special case of D = 2. Unlike other dimensions, where the conformal group is finite dimensional and global, in 2D, it is local as well as infinite dimensional. As you will soon see, the condition for a transformation to be conformal is the same as the Cauchy-Riemann condition for an analytic function. Since there are an infinite number of analytic functions on the plane, this implies that the conformal group is infinite dimensional. To illustrate this, we shall choose the metric to be the flat Minkowski one with coordinates t, x on an infinite strip of length L. Also assume that periodic boundary conditions x = x + L have been imposed. This makes the strip into We shall choose the metric g µν = η µν = diag(,..., ) (for the Euclidean case) or diag(,,..., ) (for the Minkowski case) for the rest of the section. 3
4 an infinite cylinder. Let v be the velocity of light(or that of the elementary excitations in the context of condensed matter physics). Consider the infinitesimal coordinate transformation, x µ x µ = x µ + ɛ µ (x) (2) Substituting the above transformation in (5), we obtain δg µν = µ ɛ ν + ν ɛ µ = Cη µν (3) To simplify the above equation, we choose the following coordinate system define complex coordinates on the strip by w = 2π (vt + i x). In this coordinate L system, the metric is given by η ww = η w w = 0 η w w =. Equation (2) for µ = ν = w implies w ɛ w = 0. (4) This implies that ɛ w ɛ(w) is a purely holomorphic function of w. Similarly, one can show that ɛ w ɛ. Let us consider an example of such a conformal transformation. Consider the following transformation w z = e w. (5) This maps the infinite cylinder onto the infinite plane with the origin deleted. Constant time lines are circles centered at the origin. The time coordinate on the cylinder is now mapped on to the radial coordinate on the plane. See figure. As we have just seen, the set of conformal transformations in D = 2 is given by the set of two functions ɛ(w) and ɛ( w). Expanding these arbitrary functions in the basis of holomorphic functions on the plane ɛ = ɛ n z (n+), (6) n= where ɛ n are the infinite set of parameters of the set of holomorphic transformations. These transformations are generated by the set of holomorphic vector fields given by l n z n+. The commutator(lie Bracket) of these form the z Virasoro algebra [l n, l m ] = (n m)l n+m (7) Similarly, one obtains for the anti-holomorphic part Remarks: [ l n, l m ] = (n m) l n+m (8). l 0, l ±, l 0 and l ± generate the SL(2, C) which is the global conformal group. It is an interesting exercise to check that the vector fields which generate this group are well defined globally on the sphere(i.e., they do not blow up at either 0 or ). Along with l 0, l ±, these generate the SL(2, C). 4
5 2. H (l 0 + l 0 ) is the generator of translations on the cylinder and hence is identified with the Hamiltonian. P (l 0 l 0 ) generates space translations on the cylinder and is identified with the momentum. (On the sphere, however, the H generates radial translations while P generates rotations.) 3. For a conformally invariant system the symmetry algebra is V ir V ir. The generator of general coordinate transformations is called the energy momentum tensor (or stress tensor). It is defined by the Noether construction (of currents) as follows δs = d 2 x T µν ( µ ɛ ν + ν ɛ µ ) (9) 2π where δx µ = ɛ µ is an infinitesimal general coordinate transformation. Note that with our definition, the energy momentum tensor is symmetric in its indices (T µν = T νµ ). For scale transformations, ɛ µ = λ x µ. Under this the action varies as δs λ 2 T µν g µν. This implies that for scale invariant theories, tr(t µν ) (T µν g µν = 0). It follows that the energy-momentum tensor has only two nonzero components T T ww and T T w w. The equations of motion for the energy-momentum tensor are µ T µν = 0 (20) For scale invariant theories, this becomes w T = 0 = T = T (w) Similarly, T = T ( w). Tµν is almost a second rank tensor under conformal transformations w f(w). Its transformation is given by T (w) ( f) 2 T (f(w)) + c {f, w}, (2) 2 where {f, w} f 3 ( f ) 2 is the Schwarzian derivative. The constant c is called f 2 f the central charge. When c = 0, notice that the above transformation is that of a tensor of rank 2. Consider the example of conformal transformation from the cylinder to the plane given above, z = e w, here f = e w. We have {f, w} = 3 2 = 2 ; ( f) 2 = e 2w = z 2, which implies that T cyl (w) = z 2 T plane (z) c. (22) 24 The central charge c is related to finite size scaling effects and will be discussed in Durganandini s lectures. See also [5]. 5
6 2.3 Tensors in two dimensions The simplest example of a tensor is a vector V µ. In D 2 dimensions, vectors are irreducible under Lorentz transformations, i.e., the components of the vector mix under Lorentz transformations. But in the case of D = 2, the Lorentz group is SO(, )(or SO(2) in the Euclidean case) which is abelian. Here vectors are reducible. In the complex coordinates w, w, the coordinates w and w do not mix. Hence the components of a vector V w and V w are independent components which do not mix under Lorentz transformations. Under conformal transformations the two vectors transform as V w ( w f)v w (f(w), f( w)) V w ( w f)v w (f(w), f( w)) (23) From this it is easy to generalise to the case of an arbitrary tensor Aw... w }{{} m } w.{{.. w ( } w f) m ( w f) m A(f(w), f( w)) (24) m where the tensor A has m w indices and m w indices. Since the Lorentz group is abelian, we relax the condition that (m, m) be integers. We shall call these tensors Primary Fields of weight (h +, h ). We shall represent the primary field by Φ h +,h with the following transformation Φ h +,h (w) ( wf) h+ ( w f) h Φ(f, f). (25) (h + + h ) is the scaling dimension of the primary field Φ and (h + h ) is called the spin of the primary field. However, for most examples the spin of all primary fields is taken to be half-integer even though this is not a necessary condition in two dimensions. In the Ising model, the energy density, ε, is a primary field with h + = h =. This implies that the scaling dimension of ε is and its spin is 0. 2 Primary fields play a special role in any conformally invariant theory. As we shall see soon, the correlation functions involving primary fields are sufficient to determine all other correlation functions. 2.4 Restrictions on Correlations Functions due to Conformal Invariance Consider the set of primary fields of a CFT labelled by Φ i with conformal dimensions h + i, h i ) in obvious notation. Under conformal transformations, z = f(w), we demand that the correlation functions of these Primary fields satisfy the following Φ i (w, w )Φ i2 (w 2, w 2 )... Φ i (w n, w n ) ( ) h + ( ) f i h ( ) i f h + ( ) f i h ( ) 2 i f 2 h + ( ) h f in in f =... w w w 2 w 2 w n w n Φ i (z, z )Φ i2 (z 2, z 2 )... Φ i (z n, z n ) (26) 6
7 This imposes non-trivial restrictions on the form of various correlation functions. We shall list some of them (i) Two-Point Correlation Function { 0 ; h ± Φ (z ) Φ 2 (z 2 ) = h ± 2 c 2 (z z 2 ) 2h+ ( z z 2 ) 2h ; h ± = h± 2 h±, (27) where c 2 is a constant. This can be shown by considering conformal transformations which form the SL(2, C) subgroup of the Virasoro algebra. (Note that this result is true in all dimensions since it only uses the global part of the conformal group.) For example, this implies since h + = 2 and h = 0. 2 T (z ) T (z 2 ) = (ii) Three-Point Correlation Function Φ (z ) Φ 2 (z 2 ) Φ 3 (z 3 ) c/2 (z z 2 ) 4 (28) = c 23 (z z 2 ) h+ 3 h+ h+ 2 (z2 z 3 ) h+ h+ 2 h+ 3 (z3 z ) h+ 2 h+ 3 h+ ( z z 2 ) h 3 h h 2 ( z2 z 3 ) h h 2 h 3 ( z3 z ) h 2 h 3 h (29) Again, this can be shown by using only the global subgroup of the Virasoro algebra. The c 23 are called structure constants. Exercise: Verify that (27) and (29) transform as given in (26) under the global conformal group i.e., choose f = λz, z. (iii) Four-Point Correlation Function = f(x, x) i<j Φ (z ) Φ 2 (z 2 ) Φ 3 (z 3 ) Φ 4 (z 2 ) (z i z j ) h+ h + i h+ j ( z i z j ) h h i h j, (30) where h ± 4 i= h± i and the cross-ratio x (z z 2 )(z 3 z 4 ) (z z 3 )(z 2 z 4 ). So far we have discussed primary fields (operators) in a CFT. However, they are not the only fields in a CFT. Corresponding to every primary field one can construct an infinite set of operators, which are called secondaries or descendants. For example, if Φ is a primary field, higher derivatives like z n Φ are secondaries 2 The astute reader may object that T (z) is not a primary field and hence the result for primary fields in (27) may not be valid. However, the proof of (27) only SL(2, C) invariance of the the energy-momentum tensor. 7
8 over the primary field Φ. Correlation functions involving secondaries can always be reduced those involving primary fields (for e.g. by pulling out the derivatives out of the correlation function for the examples given earlier). We shall now describe a simple way of obtaining/classifying all secondaries over a primary field. For this, we shall make use of the operator state correspondence which exists in any CFT. By this we mean that corresponding to every operator, one can construct a state. 0 vacuum Φ Φ lim z 0 Φ(z) 0, (3) where z are complex coordinates on the infinite plane. We shall now construct the secondaries. First, expand the stress-tensor in modes T (z) = + n= The L n s satisfy the Virasoro Algebra with central charge L n z n 2. (32) [L n, L m ] = (n m)l n+m + c 2 (n3 n)δ n+m,0. (33) (Compare with [l n, l m ] = (n m)l n+m.) The above algebra is expected since the stress-tensor is the generator of all conformal transformations. The central charge reflects the facts that matter fields correspond to projective representations of the conformal group, i.e., there is always an arbitrariness in the phase of a state. The Virasoro algebra provides us with a nice way to arrange all secondaries as a part of a multiplet. We shall illustrate this using SU(2). SU(2) has three generators: J ±, J 3 with the usual commutation relations. Consider a spin j representation, which we shall label as follows J 2 j, m = j(j + ) j, m J 3 j, m = m j, m, where m = j,..., (j ), j and J 2 is the quadratic Casimir. We shall define SU(2) primary states as follows J + ψ = 0 ; J 3 ψ = j ψ. (34) Here, ψ = j, j is obviously an SU(2) primary. The rest of the multiplet (SU(2) secondaries) can be constructed by using the lowering operator J. (J ) n j, j j, j n. (35) However, one can check that for n = 2j +, the state ξ (J ) 2j+ ψ is such that J + ξ = 0. (36) 8
9 This implies that ξ is primary as well as a secondary. Such states are called null states. However, ξ ξ = 0 ; ξ ψ = 0. (37) Hence, on sets ξ = 0. Thus we are left with the usual irreducible multiplet with (2j + ) entries. This procedure which we have employed to obtain an irrep of SU(2) works for any Lie algebra. The Virasoro multiplet is constructed in identical fashion except that the Virasoro algebra has infinite generators. But we can nevertheless group them as follows Virasoro primaries are defined by J + {L +n n > 0} J {L n n > 0} J 3 L 0. (38) L +n Φ = 0 n > 0 L 0 Φ = h + ψ, (39) where h + is the conformal dimension of the operator Φ. The Virasoro secondaries are constructed by L Φ ; L 0 eigenvalue = h + + L 2 Φ ; (L ) 2 Φ ; L 0 eigenvalue = h + +. L n Φ ;... ; (L ) n Φ ; L 0 eigenvalue = h + + n (40) Again, to obtain an irreducible representation of the Virasoro algebra, all null states must be set to zero. A similar construction exists for the anti-holomorphic sector. 2.5 Ingredients for a CFT In this subsection, I will briefly describe the essential ingredients of a CFT. Most of the terms have been introduced in the earlier part. (i) The central charge c. ) are the con- (ii) The spectrum of Primary Operators Φ h+ i,h i i formal dimensions of the primary field. where (h + i, h i (iii) The structure constants (which are related to the three-point functions of primary operators). 9
10 The 2-d Ising model at its critical point is an example of a CFT. It has three primary operators, the identity with h + = h = 0, the spin field σ with h + = h = and the energy density ε with 6 h+ = h =. It has central charge 2 c =. This is the first in an infinite set of unitary CFT s with c < which were 2 independently discovered by Huse[6] and Friedan, Qui and Shenker[7]. They have a finite number of primary fields and have central charges labelled by an integer p, c = 6 with p > 2. p = 4 corresponds to the tricritical Ising model and p(p+) p = 5 the 3-state Potts model. 3 c = Theories On the cylinder, a massless and free scalar field is described by the action S cyl = v L dt L 0 dσ µ φ µ φ. (4) The field φ(t, σ) is assumed to take values on the real line R (hence it is sometimes referred to as a non-compact scalar field). On mapping it to the sphere, we obtain S sphere = d 2 z φ φ, (42) 2π where z and z. The equation of motion (i.e., the Euler-Lagrange equation) for the field φ is φ = 0 (43) Solving for φ(z, z), we obtain φ(z, z) = 2 (φ L(z) + φ R ( z)). (44) For simplicity, for the rest of the paper, we shall refer to φ L φ and φ R φ. The holomorphic part of the scalar field can now be expanded in terms of its modes as φ(z) = q + p ln z + a n n zn. (45) n 0 Imposing the canonical commutation relation for the field φ, we obtain [a n, a m ] = n δ n+m,0, Also a 0 p. Similarly, [q, p] =. (46) φ( z) = q + p ln z + n 0 0 ā n n zn.
11 The vacuum is defined by a n 0 = ā n 0 = 0 for n 0. (47) We shall now give two examples of primary fields. (i) The operator exp(iαφ) is another example of a primary field. It is usually referred to as a vertex operator. As is usual one has to provide an ordering prescription to define composite operators. We shall denote this prescription by : :. (ii) : e iαφ : exp(iα n>0 a n n z n ) e iαq z iαp exp( iα a n n zn ) (48) n>0 The normal ordering prescription is to move all the a n s (for n 0) to the right. One can show This implies that : e iαφ(z) : : e iαφ(z ) : e iαφ(z) : : e iαφ(z ) : = (z z ) α2 : e iαφ(z)+iαφ(z ) : (49) (z z ) α2. (50) From the above two-point function, we can now extract the conformal dimension of the operator : e iαφ. We obtain h + = 2 α2. φ(z) φ(z ) = (z z ) 2, (5) from which we obtain that the conformal dimension of the operator φ is h + =. One can obtain the above results using OPE s(operator Product Expansion). The propagator for the scalar field can be shown to be φ(z)φ(z ) = ln (z z ) a. (52) where a is a short-distance cutoff. Note that the usual time-ordering prescription (of Quantum Field Theory) for the cylinder becomes radial-ordering on the plane. (Equal time contours on the plane are circles around the origin in the complex z-plane.)
12 : e iαφ(z) :: e iαφ(z ) : = ( + iαφ(z) +...)( + iαφ(z ) +...) = α 2 φ(z)φ(z ) +... = e α2 ln(z z ) e iαφ(z)+iαφ(z ) = e iαφ(z)+iαφ(z ) (z z ) α2 (53) Using the definition of the energy-momentum tensor, one can derive Now let us compute the following OPE T (z) T zz (z) = 2 : ( zφ) : 2 (54) T (z) T (z ) = 2 : ( zφ) : 2 2 : ( z φ) :2 Using the normal rules of Wick contraction, we obtain = 4 (2) ( zφ z φ ) (2)(2) zφ z φ z φ z φ + 4 ( zφ) 2 ( z φ) 2, where the factors of 2 are combinatorial factors. This can be rewritten as T (z)t (z ) = /2 (z z ) (z z ) T 2 (z ) + (z z ) z T (z ) +..., (55) where the ellipsis refers to terms which are non-singular as z z. This implies that T (z)t (z ) = /2 (z z ) 4 (56) where we have assumed T (z) = 0 on the plane. Comparing with equation (28), we obtain c =. Hence the central charge of a scalar field is. Let us define the following U() current J 3 (z) i φ. (57) We have just seen that φ is a primary field of dimension one. Hence J 3 is a dimension one primary field. One can show that J 3 (z) e iαφ(z ) α (z z ) eiαφ(z ) (58) The charge associated with the current J 3 is defined through the contour integral Q J 3 (z) over an appropriately chosen contour. From eqn. (58), we can extract the charge of the vertex operator e iαφ. Choose the contour to be centred around z. Then the residue is α. This can be written as [Q, e iαφ ] = αe iαφ. Hence, 2
13 we can see that Q behaves as a U() charge with J 3 being the corresponding current. Charge conservation follows from z J 3 (z) = i φ = 0. Finally, the OPE J 3 (z) J 3 (z ) (z z ) +..., (59) 2 This implies that the charge Q satisfies the U() algebra [Q, Q] = 0. Also notice that the energy-momentum tensor can be obtained as T (z) = 2 : ( φ)2 := 2 : (J 3 (z)) 2 :. (60) Eqns. (59) and (60) are a simple example of a Kac-Moody current Algebra[8]. This corresponds to a larger symmetry group than the usual conformal group. Expanding J 3 (z) in modes as J 3 (z) = n z n Jn 3, the OPE (59) implies the following commutation relations for the modes [J 3 n, J 3 m ] = nδ n+m,0. (6) Notice that (6) is the infinite-dimensional generalisation of [Q, Q] = 0 where Q = J0 3. Just as the conformal group enables one to impose restrictions on the correlation functions, the extra symmetry due to the current algebra gives extras restrictions in addition to those coming from the conformal symmetry. In our example, here, only those correlations which are charge conserving are non-vanishing. 3. Generic Features of CFT s Given a conformal field theory, its energy-momentum tensor has the following OPE T (z)t (z ) = c/2 (z z ) (z z ) T 2 (z ) + (z z ) z T (z ) +..., (62) where the ellipsis refers to terms which are non-singular as z z. Primary fields have the following OPE T (z)φ h +(z ) = h + (z z ) Φ 2 h +(z ) + (z z ) z Φ h +(z ) +..., (63) where the ellipsis refers to terms which are non-singular as z z and h + refers to the conformal dimension of the primary field Φ. Exercise: Check that e iαφ and φ satisfy the above OPE with h + = 2 α2, respectively. 3
14 3.2 Compact Scalar Field For the non-compact scalar field, the spectrum of primary fields is given by e i α(φ L(z)+φ R ( z) ; h + = h = 2 α2, (64) where α is an arbitrary constant. The currents J 3 = i φ ( J 3 = i φ) provide a U() U() symmetry. However, for the case of a compact scalar field, one obtains a different spectrum. What is a compact scalar? Suppose φ(z, z) takes values on a circle of radius R i.e., φ = φ + 2πR. 3 In such cases, what is the spectrum of primary operators? We shall begin with the most general vertex operator e i α L φ L + i α R φ R. (a) Requiring that the operator be single valued under φ φ + 2πR, we obtain (α L + α R ) = m R, (b) Requiring that the field φ(z, z) be single valued in the presence of a vertex operator gives the condition where n is an integer. 2 (α L α R ) = nr, Putting the two conditions together, we obtain α L = m 2R + nr ; α R = m nr. (65) 2R The above gives us the spectrum of primary operators for the case of a compact scalar field. n = 0 correspond to momentum modes and m = 0 correspond to winding modes. The spectrum at radius R is the same as that at radius. Under this change, momentum and winding modes get interchanged and the 2R spectrum remains invariant. The various c = theories have been studied and classified by Ginsparg. See [9, 0] for more details. References [] A. M. Polyakov, JETP Letters 2, (970) 38. [2] A. A. Belavin, A. M. Polyakov and A. B. Zamolodchikov, Nuc. Phys. B24 (984) The central charge is obviously the same irrespective of the radius. 4
15 [3] P. Ginsparg in Les Houches summer school 988 appeared in Fields, Strings and Critical Phenomena, ed. E. Breźin and J. Zinn-Justin, Elseiver Science Publishers(989). See also J. L. Cardy s lectures. Ginsparg has posted his lectures on the arxiv as hep-th/ [4] A. Sen, Pramana - J. Phys., Vol. 35(990) [5] J. L. Cardy, J. Phys. A7 (984) L385-L387. I. Affleck, Phys. Rev. Lett. 56(986) [6] D. A. Huse, Phys. Rev. B30 (984) [7] D. Friedan, Z. Qui and S. Shenker, Phys. Rev. Lett. 52 (984) 575. [8] P. Goddard and D. Olive, Int. J. of Mod. Phys. A (986) 303. [9] P. Ginsparg, Nuc. Phys. B295 (988) [0] R. Dijkgraaf, E. Verlinde and H. Verlinde, Commun. Math. Phys. 5 (988)
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