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Published December 20, 1990 | public
Journal Article

On topological W-algebra field theories

Lerche, W.

Abstract

We show how certain conformal field theories with W-algebraic structure and vanishing central charges can be interpreted as topological field theories, by mapping them to N = 2 superconformal coset models. Appropriate identifications among vacuum states generate non-trivial ring structures for the topological observables.

Additional Information

© 1990 Elsevier B.V. Received 14 August 1990, Revised 24 September 1990. Work supported by DOE contract DE-AC0381ER40050. I would like to thank Jim Hughes, Keke Li and David Montano for discussions.

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