New realisations of minimal models and the structure of W-strings

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90626-2MaRDI QIDQ1967597zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. M. Hull

Publication date 6 March 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9305098

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) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: The quantization of a free boson whose momentum satisfies a cubic constraint leads to a $c=ha$ conformal field theory with a BRST symmetry. The theory also has a $W_{i}nfty$ symmetry in which all the generators except the stress-tensor are BRST-exact and so topological. The BRST cohomology includes states of conformal dimensions $0,si,ha$, together with lq copies' of these states obtained by acting with picture-changing and screening operators. The 3-point and 4-point correlation functions agree with those of the Ising model, suggesting that the theory is equivalent to the critical Ising model. At tree level, the $W_3$ string can be viewed as an ordinary $c=26$ string whose conformal matter sector includes this realisation of the Ising model. The two-boson $W_3$ string is equivalent to the Ising model coupled to two-dimensional quantum gravity. Similar results apply for other W-strings and minimal models.

Cites work

• On higher-spin generalizations of string theory
• On the spectrum and scattering of W₃ strings
• The interacting W₃ string
• The low-level spectrum of the \(W_3\) string

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