The gl(1|1) super-current algebra: the rôle of twist and logarithmic fields

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2009.V13.N1.A8zbMATH Open1172.81016arXiv0710.2906OpenAlexW2962737587MaRDI QIDQ1027113FDOQ1027113

André LeClair

Publication date: 30 June 2009

Published in: Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A free field representation of the gl(1|1)_k current algebra at arbitrary level k is given in terms of two scalar fields and a symplectic fermion. The primary fields for all representations are explicitly constructed using the twist and logarithmic fields in the symplectic fermion sector. A closed operator algebra is described at integer level k. Using a new super spin charge separation involving gl(1|1)_N and su(N)_0, we describe how the gl(1|1)_N current algebra can describe a non-trivial critical point of disordered Dirac fermions. Local gl(1|1) invariant lagrangians are defined which generalize the Liouville and sine-Gordon theories. We apply these new tools to the spin quantum Hall transition and show that it can be described as a logarithmic perturbation of the osp(2|2)_k current algebra at k=-2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2906

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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