The conformal current algebra on supergroups with applications to the spectrum and integrability

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2010)121zbMATH Open1272.81138arXiv1002.3712WikidataQ59254366 ScholiaQ59254366MaRDI QIDQ367672FDOQ367672

Jan Troost, Raphael Benichou

Publication date: 16 September 2013

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We compute the algebra of left and right currents for a principal chiral model with arbitrary Wess-Zumino term on supergroups with zero Killing form. We define primary fields for the current algebra that match the affine primaries at the Wess-Zumino-Witten points. The Maurer-Cartan equation together with current conservation tightly constrain the current-current and current-primary operator product expansions. The Hilbert space of the theory is generated by acting with the currents on primary fields. We compute the conformal dimensions of a subset of these states in the large radius limit. The current algebra is shown to be consistent with the quantum integrability of these models to several orders in perturbation theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3712

zbMATH Keywords

conformal and W symmetryconformal field models in string theoryintegrable field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) 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)

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• Long strings and chiral primaries in the hybrid formalism
• Some abstract properties of semigroups appearing in superconformal theories

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