Hidden SL(n) symmetry in conformal field theories

DOI10.1007/BF02124331zbMath0689.17015WikidataQ59197369 ScholiaQ59197369MaRDI QIDQ581642

Publication date: 1989

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

irreducible representation conformal field theory BRST cohomology Virasoro algebra current algebra $W_ n$- algebras quantum analogue of Hamiltonian reduction Zamolodchikov $W_ n$-algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65)

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