No ghost theorem for SU(1,1) string theories

Hwang, Stephen

doi:10.1016/0550-3213(91)90177-Y

No ghost theorem for SU(1,1) string theories

Stephen Hwang
(
- Goteborg, ITP
)

Sep, 1990

13 pages

Published in:

Nucl.Phys.B 354 (1991) 100-112

Published: 1991

DOI:

10.1016/0550-3213(91)90177-Y

Report number:

GOTEBORG-90-37

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Abstract: (Elsevier)

A no-ghost theorem is proved for a string theory based on an SU(1,1) Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten model and an arbitrary unitary conformal field theory.

string model
field theory: conformal
dimension: 2
Wess-Zumino-Witten model
symmetry: SU(1,1)
algebra: Kac-Moody
ghost

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