On E₁₀ and the DDF construction

DOI10.1007/BF02101809MaRDI QIDQ1901798zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Reinhold W. Gebert, Hermann Nicolai

Publication date 29 October 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9406175

zbMATH Keywords

discrete DDF constructionhyperbolic Kac-Moody algebraslongitudinal DDF statesroot spaces of \(E_{10}\)vertex algebrasWeyl chamber

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: An attempt is made to understand the root spaces of Kac Moody algebras of hyperbolic type, and in particular $E_{10}$, in terms of a DDF construction appropriate to a subcritical compactified bosonic string. While the level-one root spaces can be completely characterized in terms of transversal DDF states (the level-zero elements just span the affine subalgebra), longitudinal DDF states are shown to appear beyond level one. In contrast to previous treatments of such algebras, we find it necessary to make use of a rational extension of the self-dual root lattice as an auxiliary device, and to admit non-summable operators (in the sense of the vertex algebra formalism). We demonstrate the utility of the method by completely analyzing a non-trivial level-two root space, obtaining an explicit and comparatively simple representation for it. We also emphasize the occurrence of several Virasoro algebras, whose interrelation is expected to be crucial for a better understanding of the complete structure of the Kac Moody algebra.

Review text

The authors give a detailed account of the discrete DDF construction in the context of vertex algebras. Using the vertex operator realization of hyperbolic Kac-Moody algebras, they apply their construction to describe root spaces of \(E_{10}\). For the Kac-Moody algebra \(E_{10}\), they define the DDF decomposition of a root vector of arbitrary level and realize the level one root spaces in terms of transversal DDF states. A complete analysis of a nontrivial level two root space is given, including the construction of a basis. Their example demonstrates that longitudinal DDF states appear in higher level root spaces. Thus, in general, it is necessary to admit nonsummable operators. Their construction relies crucially on the fact that the fundamental Weyl chamber of \(E_{10}\) contains precisely one null direction.

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