Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Modules, Semi-infinite Cohomology and BV Algebras
Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 341 g
Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs
ISBN: 978-3-662-14092-5
Verlag: Springer
The study of W algebras began in 1985 in the context of two-dimensional conf- mal field theories, the aim being to explore higher-spin extensions of the Virasoro algebra. Given the simultaneous growth in the understanding of two-dimensional metric gravity inspired by analyses of string models, it was inevitable that these algebras would be applied to give analogues of putative higher-spin gravity t- ories. This book is an exposition of the past few years of our work on such an application for the algebra: in particular, the BRST quantization of the n- critical 4D string. We calculate the physical spectrum as a problem in BRST cohomology. The corresponding operator cohomology forms a BV algebra, for which we provide a geometrical model. The algebra has one further generator, of spin three, in addition to the (spin two) energy-momentum tensor which generates the Virasoro algebra. C- trary to the Virasoro algebra, it is an algebra defined by nonlinear relations. In deriving our understanding of the resulting gravity theories we have had to - velop a number of results on the representation theory of W algebras, to replace the standard techniques that were so successful in treating linear algebras.
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and Preliminaries.- W Algebras and Their Modules.- BRST Cohomology of the 4D W3 String.- Batalin-Vilkovisky Algebras.- The BV Algebra of the W3 String.
