Chiral rings and physical states in c<1 string theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(93)90638-6MaRDI QIDQ1966068zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

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/9207109

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: We show how the double cohomology of the String and Felder BRST charges naturally leads to the ring structure of $c<1$ strings. The chiral ring is a ring of polynomials in two variables modulo an equivalence relation of the form $x^{p}simeq{y}^{p+1}$ for the (p+1,p) model. We also study the states corresponding to the edges of the conformal grid whose inclusion is crucial for the closure of the ring. We introduce candidate operators that correspond to the observables of the matrix models. Their existence is motivated by the relation of one of the screening operators of the minimal model to the zero momentum dilaton.

Recommendations

• \(c=1\) string as a topological model
• String models with \(c<1\) components
• BRST cohomology ring in 2D gravity coupled to minimal models
• REMARKS ON THE PHYSICAL STATES AND THE CHIRAL ALGEBRA OF 2D GRAVITY COUPLED TO C≤1 MATTER
• Extra states in \(c<1\) string theory

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Cited in

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• String models with \(c<1\) components
• The covariant chiral ring
• The ring of physical states in the \(M(2, 3)\) minimal Liouville gravity
• \(c=1\) string as a topological model
• Correlation functions and multicritical flows in \(c<1\) string theory
• Extra states in \(c<1\) string theory
• Cardy states as idempotents of fusion ring in string field theory
• D-branes on ALE spaces and the ADE classification of conformal field theories

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