Covariant \(W\) gravity and its moduli space from gauge theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(93)90308-CzbMath0941.81590arXivhep-th/9206098OpenAlexW2027774630WikidataQ59938156 ScholiaQ59938156MaRDI QIDQ1966058

Jacob K. Goeree, Jan de Boer

Publication date: 5 March 2000

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9206098

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Applications of deformations of analytic structures to the sciences (32G81)

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