Nonlinear realizations of w 1+ infinity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/10/1/006MaRDI QIDQ4032962zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ergin Sezgin, Kellogg Stelle

Publication date 18 May 1993

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9206108

zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theoryGoldstone fieldsVirasoro algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: The nonlinear scalar-field realisation of $w_{1+infty}$ symmetry in $d=2$ dimensions is studied in analogy to the nonlinear realisation of $d=4$ conformal symmetry $SO(4,2)$. The $w_{1+infty}$ realisation is derived from a coset-space construction in which the divisor group is generated by the non-negative modes of the Virasoro algebra, with subsequent application of an infinite set of covariant constraints. The initial doubly-infinite set of Goldstone fields arising in this construction is reduced by the covariant constraints to a singly-infinite set corresponding to the Cartan-subalgebra generators $v^{e}l{l}_{-(ell+1)}$. We derive the transformation rules of this surviving set of fields, finding a triangular structure in which fields transform into themselves or into lower members of the set only. This triangular structure gives rise to finite-component subrealisations, including the standard one for a single scalar. We derive the Maurer-Cartan form and discuss the construction of invariant actions.

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