Published September 30, 1991 | Version v1
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.)

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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

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DE-AS05-81ER40039