Classical W algebras and nonAbelian parafermions

Bardakci, K.; Crescimanno, M.J.; Hotes, S.A.

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(91)91898-6

Classical W algebras and nonAbelian parafermions

K. Bardakci
(
- UC, Berkeley and
- LBL, Berkeley
)
,
M.J. Crescimanno
(
- UC, Berkeley and
- LBL, Berkeley
)
,
S.A. Hotes
(
- UC, Berkeley and
- LBL, Berkeley
)

Nov 12, 1990

4 pages

Published in:

Phys.Lett.B 257 (1991) 313-316

Published: 1991

DOI:

10.1016/0370-2693(91)91898-6

Report number:

UCB-PTH-90-45,
LBL-29757

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

We show that the known classical W algebras can be derived from the algebra satisfied by the non-abelian parafermion fields of the gauged WZW model. The extension of this construction to multi-local fields leads to new W-algebras.

algebra: W
field theory: conformal
dimension: 2
gauge field theory
fermion: parastatistics
Wess-Zumino-Witten model

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