Extended conformal symmetries

DOI10.1016/0393-0440(93)90054-IzbMath0789.17021OpenAlexW2131338864MaRDI QIDQ687742

Eric A. Bergshoeff

Publication date: 22 June 1994

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0393-0440(93)90054-i

zbMATH Keywords

\(W\)-algebras\(W\)-symmetriesVirasoro symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Virasoro and related algebras (17B68) Supergravity (83E50) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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