Published June 16, 1988
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Journal article
Constructing the Lorentz anomaly out of the Virasoro anomaly
Description
We use a simple argument based on the algebra of cocycles to construct out of the Virasoro anomaly the anomaly that occurs in the Lorentz algebra when strings are quantised in the light-cone gauge. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 207
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 135-139
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 19079799
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM OPERATORS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LIGHT CONE; LORENTZ GROUPS; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; QUANTIZATION; STRING MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; POINCARE GROUPS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY GROUPS