Kac-Moody realization of W-algebras

DOI10.1016/0370-2693(90)90341-3zbMath0727.17014OpenAlexW2072465815MaRDI QIDQ803262

Péter Forgács, Andreas Wipf, Lochlainn O'Raifeartaigh, László Fehér, János Balog

Publication date: 1991

Published in: Physics Letters. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(90)90341-3

zbMATH Keywords

algorithmKac-Moody systemsVirasoro centreW-algebras of Toda field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) 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) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05)

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• Hidden SL(n) symmetry in conformal field theories
• Coset construction for extended Virasoro algebras