Published May 29, 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Modification of Virasoro generators by Kac-Moody generators

  • 1. Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London (UK). Blackett Lab.

Description

A class of Virasoro algebras with continuously varying central charge are obtained by the addition of terms linear in Kac-Moody generators. The change of the spectrum of Virasoro primary fields and that of characters are investigated. A lattice model is used to show how finite size effects are altered. The underlying two-dimensional field theory can be constructed on a curved manifold. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Field Theory and Statistical Systems
Journal Volume
318
Journal Issue
3
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Field Theory Stat. Syst.
Journal Page Range
655-668
ISSN
0169-6823
CODEN
NBSSD

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant DE-FG02-84ER40153