The Induced action of W(3) gravity

Jun, 1991
37 pages
Published in:
  • Commun.Math.Phys. 145 (1992) 515-540
Report number:
  • RIMS-764,
  • ITP-SB-91-16

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Abstract: (Springer)
We obtain the induced action Γ[h, b] for chiralW3 gravity in thec→±∞ limit from the induced action of a gaugedSl(3,R) Wess-Zumino-Witten model by imposing constraints on the currents of the latter. In the process we find a closed gauge algebra for the gauge sector ofW3 gravity in which the currentsT andW become auxiliary fields. An explicit realization ofT andW in terms of the gauge fields is given. In terms of new fieldsr ands, which are a generalization of Polyakov'sf variable for ordinary gravity, the complete induced action Γ[h, b; c→±∞] becomes local.
  • gravitation: induced
  • gauge field theory: W(3)
  • Wess-Zumino-Witten model
  • gauge field theory
  • dimension: 2
  • algebra: gauge