Affine Lie algebras in massive field theory and form factors from vertex operators

DOI10.1007/BF01102206zbMATH Open0832.17029arXivhep-th/9311004MaRDI QIDQ1902452FDOQ1902452

Authors: André LeClair 

Publication date: 21 November 1995

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

Abstract: We present a new application of affine Lie algebras to massive quantum field theory in 2 dimensions, by investigating the $qo1$ limit of the q-deformed affine $hatsl(2)$ symmetry of the sine-Gordon theory, this limit occurring at the free fermion point. Working in radial quantization leads to a quasi-chiral factorization of the space of fields. The conserved charges which generate the affine Lie algebra split into two independent affine algebras on this factorized space, each with level 1 in the anti-periodic sector, and level $0$ in the periodic sector. The space of fields in the anti-periodic sector can be organized using level-$1$ highest weight representations, if one supplements the $slh$ algebra with the usual local integrals of motion. Introducing a particle-field duality leads to a new way of computing form-factors in radial quantization. Using the integrals of motion, a momentum space bosonization involving vertex operators is formulated. Form-factors are computed as vacuum expectation values in momentum space. (Based on talks given at the Berkeley Strings 93 conference, May 1993, and the III International Conference on Mathematical Physics, String Theory, and Quantum Gravity, Alushta, Ukraine, June 1993.)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9311004

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zbMATH Keywords

vertex operatorsvacuum expectation valuesform-factorsapplication of affine Lie algebrasmassive quantum field theory in two dimensionsmomentum space bosonization

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) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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