Light cone W n geometry and its symmetries and projective field theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/10/2/008zbMATH Open0773.53012arXivhep-th/9205102OpenAlexW1989933035MaRDI QIDQ4032952FDOQ4032952

Authors: Roberto Zucchini 

Publication date: 18 May 1993

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I show that the generalized Beltrami differentials and projective connections which appear naturally in induced light cone $W_n$ gravity are geometrical fields parametrizing in one-to-one fashion generalized projective structures on a fixed base Riemann surface. I also show that $W_n$ symmetries are nothing but gauge transformations of the flat $$ vector bundles canonically associated to the generalized projective structures. This provides an original formulation of classical light cone $W_n$ geometry. From the knowledge of the symmetries, the full BRS algebra is derived. Inspired by the results of recent literature, I argue that quantum $W_n$ gravity may be formulated as an induced gauge theory of generalized projective connections. This leads to projective field theory. The possible anomalies arising at the quantum level are analyzed by solving Wess-Zumino consistency conditions. The implications for induced covariant $W_n$ gravity are briefly discussed. The results presented, valid for arbitrary $n$, reproduce those obtained for $n=2,3$ by different methods.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9205102

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zbMATH Keywords

projective connectionsBRS algebrageneralized Beltrami differentialsWess-Zumino consistency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13)

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