Current algebra functors and extensions

DOI10.1142/S0129055X13500128zbMATH Open1275.81051arXiv1211.0487OpenAlexW2143584066MaRDI QIDQ2853433FDOQ2853433

Authors: Anton Alekseev, Pavol Ševera, Cornelia Vizman 

Publication date: 21 October 2013

Published in: Reviews in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show how the fundamental cocycles on current Lie algebras and the Lie algebra of symmetries for the sigma model are obtained via the current algebra functors. We present current group extensions integrating some of these current Lie algebra extensions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.0487

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zbMATH Keywords

sigma modeldifferential graded Lie algebracurrent algebraLie algebra extension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Applications of Lie groups to the sciences; explicit representations (22E70) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Cohomology of Lie (super)algebras (17B56)

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