W-geometry of the Toda systems associated with non-exceptional simple Lie algebras

DOI10.1007/BF02099714MaRDI QIDQ1921589zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jean-Loup Gervais, Mikhail V. Saveliev

Publication date 1 September 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9312040

zbMATH Keywords

\(W\)-geometry Kähler potentials Toda systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Abstract: The present paper describes the

W

--geometry of the Abelian finite non-periodic (conformal) Toda systems associated with the

B, C

and

D

series of the simple Lie algebras endowed with the canonical gradation. The principal tool here is a generalization of the classical Pl"ucker embedding of the

A

-case to the flag manifolds associated with the fundamental representations of

B_{n}

,

C_{n}

and

D_{n}

, and a direct proof that the corresponding K"ahler potentials satisfy the system of two--dimensional finite non-periodic (conformal) Toda equations. It is shown that the

W

--geometry of the type mentioned above coincide with the differential geometry of special holomorphic (W) surfaces in target spaces which are submanifolds (quadrics) of

C P^{N}

with appropriate choices of

N

. In addition, these W-surfaces are defined to satisfy quadratic holomorphic differential conditions that ensure consistency of the generalized Pl"ucker embedding. These conditions are automatically fulfiled when Toda equations hold.

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