The many faces of the quantum Liouville exponentials

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90627-0zbMATH Open1007.81520arXivhep-th/9308134OpenAlexW2118975895MaRDI QIDQ1967598FDOQ1967598

Authors: Jean-Loup Gervais, Jens Schnittger 

Publication date: 6 March 2000

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

Abstract: First, it is proven that the three main operator-approaches to the quantum Liouville exponentials --- that is the one of Gervais-Neveu (more recently developed further by Gervais), Braaten-Curtright-Ghandour-Thorn, and Otto-Weigt --- are equivalent since they are related by simple basis transformations in the Fock space of the free field depending upon the zero-mode only. Second, the GN-G expressions for quantum Liouville exponentials, where the $U_q(sl(2))$ quantum group structure is manifest, are shown to be given by q-binomial sums over powers of the chiral fields in the $J=1/2$ representation. Third, the Liouville exponentials are expressed as operator tau-functions, whose chiral expansion exhibits a q Gauss decomposition, which is the direct quantum analogue of the classical solution of Leznov and Saveliev. It involves q exponentials of quantum group generators with group "parameters" equal to chiral components of the quantum metric. Fourth, we point out that the OPE of the $J=1/2$ Liouville exponential provides the quantum version of the Hirota bilinear equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9308134

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) 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)

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