Conformal anomaly, Virasoro algebra and Chern-Simons cohomology
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Conformal anomaly, Virasoro algebra and Chern-Simons cohomology
zbMATH Open document ID: 0611.17007
DOI: 10.1007/BF00416507
author: Ke Wu
author: Han-Ying Guo
author: Hai-cang Ren
published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics
publication date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: The Chern-Simons cohomology and the family index theorem are used to deal with two-dimensional anomalies, infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, and their relations.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B65
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B56
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81T08
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 17B67
zbMATH DE Number: 3987520
zbMATH Keywords: Virasoro algebra
zbMATH Keywords: Polyakov string
zbMATH Keywords: chiral anomaly
zbMATH Keywords: Kac-Moody algebra
zbMATH Keywords: Chern-Simons cohomology
zbMATH Keywords: family index theorem
zbMATH Keywords: two-dimensional anomalies
reviewed by: L. N. Vaserstein
MaRDI profile type: Publication
cites work: Unitary representations of some infinite dimensional groups
cites work: Chiral anomalies in even and odd dimensions
cites work: Quantum anomalies and cocycles on gauge groups
cites work: Dirac operators coupled to vector potentials
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00416507
OpenAlex ID: W2052754292
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3987520