Chiral algebra

In mathematics, a chiral algebra is an algebraic structure introduced by Beilinson & Drinfeld (2004) as a rigorous version of the rather vague concept of a chiral algebra in physics.

References

• Beilinson, Alexander; Drinfeld, Vladimir (2004), Chiral algebras, American Mathematical Society Colloquium Publications, 51, Providence, R.I.: American Mathematical Society, ISBN 978-0-8218-3528-9, MR2058353, http://books.google.com/books?id=yHZh3p-kFqQC