Published February 1993 | Version v1
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W symmetry in conformal field theory

Creators

  • 1. CERN, Geneva (Switzerland). Theory Div.
  • 2. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States). Inst. for Theoretical Physics

Description

We review various aspects of W algebra symmetry in two-dimensional conformal field theory and string theory. We pay particular attention to the construction of W algebras through the quantum Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction and through the coset construction. (orig.) With 342 refs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Reports
Journal Volume
223
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 183-276.
ISSN
0370-1573
CODEN
PRPLCM

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
24051719
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
ALGEBRA; ALGEBRAIC FIELD THEORY; CASIMIR OPERATORS; CHIRALITY; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; CONFORMAL GROUPS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; GRADED LIE GROUPS; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; OPERATOR PRODUCT EXPANSION; PROGRESS REPORT; QUANTUM GRAVITY; REVIEWS; SIGMA MODEL; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
AXIOMATIC FIELD THEORY; BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; DOCUMENT TYPES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PERIPHERAL MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SERIES EXPANSION; SYMMETRY GROUPS