Classical A_ n-W-geometry

DOI10.1007/BF02098302zbMATH Open0770.53020arXivhep-th/9201026OpenAlexW2308995715MaRDI QIDQ1803955FDOQ1803955

Authors: Jean-Loup Gervais, Yutaka Matsuo 

Publication date: 29 June 1993

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

Abstract: This is a detailed development for the $A_n$ case, of our previous article entitled "W-Geometries" to be published in Phys. Lett. It is shown that the $A_n$--W-geometry corresponds to chiral surfaces in $C{P}^n$. This is comes out by discussing 1) the extrinsic geometries of chiral surfaces (Frenet-Serret and Gauss-Codazzi equations) 2) the KP coordinates (W-parametrizations) of the target-manifold, and their fermionic (tau-function) description, 3) the intrinsic geometries of the associated chiral surfaces in the Grassmannians, and the associated higher instanton- numbers of W-surfaces. For regular points, the Frenet-Serret equations for $C{P}^n$--W-surfaces are shown to give the geometrical meaning of the $A_n$-Toda Lax pair, and of the conformally-reduced WZNW models, and Drinfeld-Sokolov equations. KP coordinates are used to show that W-transformations may be extended as particular diffeomorphisms of the target-space. This leads to higher-dimensional generalizations of the WZNW and DS equations. These are related with the Zakharov- Shabat equations. For singular points, global Pl"ucker formulae are derived by combining the $A_n$-Toda equations with the Gauss-Bonnet theorem written for each of the associated surfaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9201026

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zbMATH Keywords

Gauss-Bonnet theoremZakharov-Shabat equationsconformal gaugeToda Lax pairchirally embedded

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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