Kac-Moody algebras, conformal symmetry and critical exponents

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(85)90344-XzbMath0661.17014OpenAlexW2014019764MaRDI QIDQ1112943

David I. Olive, Peter Goddard

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(85)90344-x

zbMATH Keywords

Kac-Moody algebrascritical exponentsunitary representationsVirasoro algebraquark modelFermi fieldstricritical Ising model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

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