VIRASORO ALGEBRA AND O(N)σ-MODEL

DOI10.1142/S0217751X99000026zbMATH Open0934.81009arXivhep-th/9705119MaRDI QIDQ4244440FDOQ4244440

Authors: Jiannis K. Pachos 

Publication date: 29 June 1999

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Within the framework of a local expansion of the logarithm of the O(N) sigma-model vacuum functional, valid for slowly varying fields, the modified Virasoro algebra is studied. The operator-like central charge term is given, up to second order, for a general functional.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705119

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zbMATH Keywords

Virasoro algebra\(\sigma\)-model vacuum functionalcentral charge termquantum anomaly extension

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Model quantum field theories (81T10) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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• The relationship among canonical quantisation, Polyakov's functional integral and BRST quantisation of the string

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