Extensions of the Virasoro algebra constructed from Kac-Moody algebras using higher order Casimir invariants

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(88)90631-1zbMATH Open0675.17009OpenAlexW2128324326MaRDI QIDQ1121971FDOQ1121971

Authors: M. Surridge, F. Alexander Bais, P. Bouwknegt, Kareljan Schoutens 

Publication date: 1988

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

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zbMATH Keywords

Kac-Moody algebrasVirasoro algebraSugawara constructionbosonic extensions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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