nLab Kazama-Suzuki model

Idea

Kazama-Suzuki models are 2d SCFTs which generalize the class of Gepner models. Instead of trivial tensoring of minimal models, Kazana-Suzuki models are built by a superconformal coset space method to yield a central charge as needed for internal consistency of Superstring compactification.

The method involves a generalized form of N=1 SCFT super current algebra to yield OPEs of N=2 2d SCFT. This yields a class of 2d SCFTs based on Hermitian manifold symmetric spaces.

Related entries

• Gepner model

• WZW model

References

The original article is

• Yoichi Kazama, Hisao Suzuki, $N = 2$ superconformal field theories and superstring compactification, Nucl. Phys. B 321 (1989), pp. 232-268 (http://inspirehep.net/record/263185), doi:10.1016/0550-3213(89)90250-2)

See also

• S. E. Parkhomenko, Kazama-Suzuki Models of N=2 Superconformal Field Theory and Manin triples (arxiv:1410.2977)

• Davide Gaiotto, Kazama-Suzuki models and BPS domain wall junctions in $N=1$ $SU(n)$ Super Yang-Mills (arxiv:1306.5661)