Conformal field theories via Hamiltonian reduction

DOI10.1007/BF02102729zbMath0721.58046OpenAlexW2046237789MaRDI QIDQ2640970

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02102729

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theory current algebra Wess-Zumino-Witten model quantum Hamiltonian reduction \(W_ n\) algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Geometric quantization (53D50)

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