Published November 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Method of orbits and Virasoro Ward identity

Creators

  • 1. Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA (USA). David Rittenhouse Lab.

Description

Using the Kirillov-Kostant method of orbits for the Virasoro group, the Virasoro Ward identity is derived as a result of left (diff S1-invariance. It is pointed out that this can be defined only on the 'model' space, not on each coadjoint orbit. This also clarifies the geometrical meaning of Virasoro symmetry with respect to the geometric action. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
250
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
84-90
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant PHY-88-57200