Published April 9, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

BRS cohomology and Casimir operators

  • 1. Rutgers - the State Univ., Piscataway, NJ (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

Casimir operators play a central role in the study of cohomology problems for semisimple Lie algebras. An attempt is made to generalize this to strings. This generalization may be useful for studying small oscillations around nontrivial backgrounds. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
188
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
214-218
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18058474
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CASIMIR OPERATORS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; LIE GROUPS; OSCILLATIONS; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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