Published March 28, 1991
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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.)
Additional details
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
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22056972
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; COMMUTATORS; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LOCALITY; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; SIGMA MODEL; SPINOR FIELDS; SU-2 GROUPS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; CURRENTS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098; Grant PHY-85-15857