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math.QA2011
Conformal field theory and a new geometry
Liang Kong
This paper is a review of open-closed rational conformal field theory (CFT) via the theory of vertex operator algebras (VOAs), together with a proposal of a new geometry based on C…
math.QA2011★ 2 cited
Field theories with defects and the centre functor
Alexei Davydov, Liang Kong, Ingo Runkel
This note is intended as an introduction to the functorial formulation of quantum field theories with defects. After some remarks about models in general dimension, we restrict our…
cond-mat.str-el2011★ 442 cited
Models for gapped boundaries and domain walls
Alexei Kitaev, Liang Kong
We define a class of lattice models for two-dimensional topological phases with boundary such that both the bulk and the boundary excitations are gapped. The bulk part is construct…