Semi-infinite cohomology of \({\mathcal W}\)-algebras (Q1312105)

The authors summarize various results on the computation of the BRST cohomology of \({\mathcal W}\)-gravity coupled to \({\mathcal W}\)-matter. They generalize some of the standard homological techniques to \({\mathcal W}\)- algebras, and compute the semi-infinite cohomology of the \({\mathcal W}_ 3\) algebra on a variety of modules. These computations provide physical states in \({\mathcal W}_ 3\) gravity coupled to \({\mathcal W}_ 3\) minimal models and to two free scalar fields.