The geometric structure of W_N gravity

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90622-XzbMATH Open1007.53501arXivhep-th/9303071OpenAlexW2013976080MaRDI QIDQ1967599FDOQ1967599

Authors: C. M. Hull 

Publication date: 6 March 2000

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

Abstract: The full non-linear structure of the action and transformation rules for $W_N$-gravity coupled to matter are obtained from a non-linear truncation of those for $w_{i}nfty$ gravity. The geometry of the construction is discussed, and it is shown that the defining equations become linear after a twistor-like transform.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9303071

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry of Hermitian and Kählerian manifolds (53C55) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) 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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• Higher-dimensional uniformisation and \(W\)-geometry

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