Published August 15, 1989
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Journal article
Topological σ models and conformal invariances
Creators
- 1. Institute of High Energy Physics, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 918 (4), Beijing (China)
- 2. Chinese Center of Advanced Science and Technology, World laboratory, P.O. Box 8370, Beijing (China)
- 3. Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China)
Description
A modified version of Witten's model which describes the two-dimensional topological gravity coupled to the topological σ model is given. We find there is a modified superconformal symmetry at the classical level. Furthermore, the superconformal anomaly does not appear at the quantum level and the critical dimension is undetermined. In the superconformal gauge, it is clarified that the physical states belong to the cohomology class of the nilpotential operator which is the direct sum of the fermionic charge Q and the usual Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin charge s
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review, D
- Journal Volume
- 40
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 1207-1212
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
- CODEN
- PRVDA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21003844
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FERMIONS; FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SIGMA MODEL; SPACE-TIME; TOPOLOGY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; TENSORS