Spinon basis for higher level SU(2) WZW models

Dec, 1994
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 359 (1995) 304-312
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Report number:
  • USC-94-20,
  • PUPT-1522

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Abstract: (DESY)
We determine the spinon basis for the integrable highest weight modules of (sl2~)_k at levels k\geq 1, and reveal the underlying Yangian symmetry. Evaluating the characters in this spinon basis provides new quasi-particle type expressions for the characters of these integrable modules, and explicitly exhibits the structure of an RSOS times a Yangian part, known \eg from SS-matrix results. We briefly discuss generalizations to other groups and more general conformal field theories.
  • field theory: conformal
  • dimension: 2
  • Wess-Zumino-Witten model
  • operator: algebra
  • algebra: Hecke
  • algebra: representation
  • algebra: character