Infinite-dimensional symmetries of two-dimensional coset models

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2008.07.035MaRDI QIDQ985764zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Malcolm J. Perry, Hong Lü, Christopher N. Pope

Publication date 6 August 2010

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0400

zbMATH Keywords

gravitysupergravityKac-Moody algebraGeroch groupSchwarz approachtoroidal reductiontwo-dimensional flat-space sigma modelsVirasoro type symmetry

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) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: It has long been appreciated that the toroidal reduction of any gravity or supergravity to two dimensions gives rise to a scalar coset theory exhibiting an infinite-dimensional global symmetry. This symmetry is an extension of the finite-dimensional symmetry G in three dimensions, after performing a further circle reduction. There has not been universal agreement as to exactly what the extended symmetry algebra is, with different arguments seemingly concluding either that it is $hatG$, the affine Kac-Moody extension of G, or else a subalgebra thereof. Exceptional in the literature for its explicit and transparent exposition is the extremely lucid discussion by Schwarz, which we take as our starting point for studying the simpler situation of two-dimensional flat-space sigma models, which nonetheless capture all the essential details. We arrive at the conclusion that the full symmetry is described by the Kac-Moody algebra G, although truncations to subalgebras, such as the one obtained by Schwarz, can be considered too. We then consider the explicit example of the SL(2,R)/O(2) coset, and relate Schwarz's approach to an earlier discussion that goes back to the work of Geroch.

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