Kac-Moody current algebras of D=2 massless gauge theories, their representations and applications

DOI10.1016/0003-4916(87)90081-9MaRDI QIDQ1090751zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. S. Craigie, Werner Nahm, K. S. Narain

Publication date 1987

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(87)90081-9

zbMATH Keywords

boundary conditionscollective modesfractional solitonsKac-Moody current algebrasmassless fermion-gauge theoriesmonopole-fermion systemsnonlinear sigma modelrepresentation of local fermion fieldssimply laced Kac-Moody algebras with minimal central charge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Applications of quantum theory to specific physical systems (81V99)

Review text

A classification of the Kac-Moody current algebras of all possible massless fermion-gauge theories in two dimensions is given. Only algebras based on types A, B, C, and D occur.

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