Published March 28, 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Classical W algebras and non-abelian parafermions

  • 1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA). Theoretical Physics Group
  • 2. California Univ., Berkeley (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

We show that the known classical W algebras can be derived from the algebra satisfied by the non-abelian parafermion fields of the gauged WZW model. The extension of this construction to multi-local fields leads to new W-algebras. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
257
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
313-316
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098; Grant PHY-85-15857