Four dimensional realization of two dimensional current groups

DOI10.1007/BF02108814MaRDI QIDQ1924034zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Igor B. Frenkel, Boris Khesin

Publication date 18 March 1997

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02108814

zbMATH Keywords

central extensionscurrent groupsLeray residue theoryLie groupsRiemann surfacesWess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten construction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)

Review text

Affine Lie groups are realized as quotients of central extensions of the current groups over Riemann surfaces. This is achieved by means of the Leray residue theory which replaces de Rham cohomology in the classical Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten (WZNW) construction for affine Lie groups. A review of the results on central extension of current algebras and current groups in two dimensions is first given. Then, these results are generalized to currents over Riemann surfaces with punctures. The four dimensional realization of two dimensional current groups is obtained by using Leray theory. The case of a punctured sphere is considered as an illustrative example.

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