Conformal anomaly, Virasoro algebra and Chern-Simons cohomology (Q1087628)
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| English | Conformal anomaly, Virasoro algebra and Chern-Simons cohomology |
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Conformal anomaly, Virasoro algebra and Chern-Simons cohomology (English)
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1986
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The Chern-Simons cohomology and the family index theorem are used to deal with two-dimensional anomalies, infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, and their relations.
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Virasoro algebra
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Polyakov string
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chiral anomaly
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Kac-Moody algebra
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Chern-Simons cohomology
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family index theorem
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two-dimensional anomalies
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