Level one representations of the simple affine Kac-Moody algebras in their homogeneous gradations (Q1095239): Difference between revisions

The aim of this paper is to review the theory of affine Kac-Moody algebras in a language accessible to physicists, and to generalize the bosonic construction of Frenkel-Kac and Segal to non-simply laced algebras, i.e., twisted ADE and BCFG. The analysis of the associated Virasoro algebra (the Sugawara form) is the key of the constructions. Chapter A provides a self-contained introduction to affine Kac-Moody algebras and to the associated Virasoro algebra. Chapter B describes the construction of the Kac-Moody modules with integral central charge of the associated Virasoro algebra. Chapter C deals with modules such that the central charge of the Virasoro algebra is not integral. In Chapter D the authors calculate some string functions and character identities.