Conformal nets I: coordinate-free nets
Conformal nets I: coordinate-free nets
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DOI:
10.1093/imrn/rnu080
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发表时间:
2013-02
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A. Bartels;Christopher L. Douglas;A. Henriques
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作者:
A. Bartels;Christopher L. Douglas;A. Henriques
We describe a coordinate-free perspective on conformal nets, as functors from intervals to von Neumann algebras. We discuss an operation of fusion of intervals and observe that a conformal net takes a fused interval to the fiber product of von Neumann algebras. Though coordinate-free nets do not a priori have vacuum sectors, we show that there is a vacuum sector canonically associated to any circle equipped with a conformal structure. This is the first in a series of papers constructing a 3-category of conformal nets, defects, sectors, and intertwiners.