Published September 30, 1991
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Journal article
Quantisation deforms w∞ to W∞ gravity
- 1. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands). Inst. voor Theoretische Natuurkunde
- 2. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (USA). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
- 3. King's Coll., London (UK). Dept. of Mathematics
- 4. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics
- 5. Imperial Coll., London (UK). Blackett Lab.
Description
Quantising a classical theory of w∞ gravity requires the introduction of an infinite number of counterterms in order to remove matter-dependent anomalies. We show that these counterterms correspond precisely to a renormalisation of the classical w∞ currents to quantum w∞ currents. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics B, Particle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 363
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 163-184
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 23002944
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; ALGEBRAIC FIELD THEORY; CHIRALITY; CURRENT ALGEBRA; CURRENT DIVERGENCES; DEFORMATION; FEYNMAN DIAGRAM; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RENORMALIZATION; SCALAR FIELDS; SECOND QUANTIZATION; SERIES EXPANSION
- Descriptors DEC
- AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; CURRENTS; DIAGRAMS; FIELD THEORIES; INFORMATION; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Grant DE-AS05-81ER40039