Comments on the Algebra of Straight, Twisted and Intertwining Vertex Operators

Oct, 1987
31 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 304 (1988) 77-107
  • Published: 1988
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-4869/87,
  • DTP-87/21

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
The extent to which the “intertwining” operator, which converts the untwisted or straight bosonic string to a twisted string and vice versa, also enhances the algebra constructed in the two sectors separately is explored. The relationship between the E 8 + E 8 and the so(32) algebras is discussed in the context of the reflection twist, as is the special role of E 8 . The possibility of the other twists (particularly of third order) playing a fundamental role in string theory is briefly explored.
  • MODEL: STRING
  • ALGEBRA: KAC-MOODY
  • ALGEBRA: LIE
  • ALGEBRA: VIRASORO
  • SYMMETRY: E(8) X E(8)
  • SYMMETRY: SO(32)
  • ALGEBRA: REPRESENTATION
  • OPERATOR: VERTEX
  • FIELD THEORY: OPERATOR PRODUCT EXPANSION
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
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