Published 1988 | Version v1
Book

Cartan-preserving automorphisms and the Weyl group of Kac-Moody algebras

  • 1. Dublin Inst. for Advanced Studies (Ireland)
  • 2. Notre Dame Univ., IN (USA)

Description

The group N defined as the normalizer of the Cartan subalgebra in the group of all (inner and outer) automorphisms of affine Kac-Moody (KM) algebras is shown to play a fundamental role in the structure of these algebras. It is a (discrete) Galilean group which incorporates the affine and Weyl group structure of the KM algebra and the space-time structure of the bosonic string. It links the Virasoro and KM algebras in a non-trivial way and it plays a key role in the vertex construction

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
World Scientific Pub. Co.
Imprint Place
Teaneck, NJ (USA)
ISBN
9971-50-691-2
Imprint Title
New theories in physics
Imprint Pagination
560 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 406-425.

Conference

Title
new theories in physics.
Acronym
11. Warsaw symposium on elementary particle physics
Dates
23-27 May 1988.
Place
Kazimierz (Poland).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22000166
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; FIELD ALGEBRA; SPACE-TIME; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-8805263--.