Modular transformation and boundary states in logarithmic conformal field theory

Shinsuke Kawai, John F. Wheater
2001 Physics Letters B  
We study the c=-2 model of logarithmic conformal field theory in the presence of a boundary using symplectic fermions. We find boundary states with consistent modular properties. A peculiar feature of this model is that the vacuum representation corresponding to the identity operator is a sub-representation of a "reducible but indecomposable" larger representation. This leads to unusual properties, such as the failure of the Verlinde formula. Despite such complexities in the structure of
more » ... , our results suggest that logarithmic conformal field theories admit bona fide boundary states.
doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(01)00503-2 fatcat:qfn6dek5e5czbjkkuxfbhfevym