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NLSM and 2d Conformal Field Theory

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Quantum Non-linear Sigma-Models

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In this chapter the 2d Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten (WZNW) models (as the NLSM in field theory) are discussed from the viewpoint of 2d Conformai Field Theory (CFT) [45]. We also consider supersymmetric generalizations of the WZNW models and gauging of their symmetries.

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Ketov, S.V. (2000). NLSM and 2d Conformal Field Theory. In: Quantum Non-linear Sigma-Models. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04192-5_5

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