Published 1992
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Book
SL(∞,R) Kac-Moody symmetry of W∞ gravity
Creators
- 1. Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Center for Theoretical Physics
Description
Two-dimensional gravity in the light-cone gauge was shown by Polyakov to exhibit an underlying SL(2,R) Kac-Moody symmetry, which may be used to express the energy-momentum tensor for the metric component h++ in terms of the SL(2,R) currents via the Sugawara construction. We review some recent results which show that in a similar manner, W∞ and W1+∞ gravities have underlying SL(∞, R) and GL(∞, R) Kac-Moody symmetries respectively. (author). 7 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- World Scientific.
- Imprint Place
- Singapore (Singapore)
- ISBN
- 981-02-1981-4
- Imprint Title
- 1991 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology. V. 2
- Imprint Pagination
- 429 p.
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Series
- The ICTP series in theoretical physics.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1017-1026.
Conference
- Title
- 1991 summer school in high energy physics and cosmology.
- Dates
- 17 Jun - 9 Aug 1991.
- Place
- Trieste (Italy).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Singapore
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 24067987
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; FIELD ALGEBRA; GRAVITATION; LIGHT CONE; SL GROUPS; SYMMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- LIE GROUPS; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TENSORS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Grant DE-FG05-91ER40633