Liouville type models in group theory framework. 1. Finite dimensional algebras

Jan, 1996
46 pages
Published in:
  • Int.J.Mod.Phys.A 12 (1997) 2523-2584
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Report number:
  • ITEP-M4-TH-7-95,
  • FIAN-TD-18-95,
  • ITEP-TH-7-95

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Abstract:
In the series of papers we represent the ``Whittaker'' wave functional of d+1d+1-dimensional Liouville model as a correlator in d+0d+0-dimensional theory of the sine-Gordon type (for d=0d=0 and 11). Asypmtotics of this wave function is characterized by the Harish-Chandra function, which is shown to be a product of simple Γ\Gamma-function factors over all positive roots of the corresponding algebras (finite-dimensional for d=0d=0 and affine for d=1d=1). This is in nice correspondence with the recent results on 2- and 3-point correlators in 1+11+1 Liouville model, where emergence of peculiar double-periodicity is observed. The Whittaker wave functions of d+1d+1-dimensional non-affine ("conformal") Toda type models are given by simple averages in the d+0d+0 dimensional theories of the affine Toda type. This phenomenon is in obvious parallel with representation of the free-field wave functional, which is originally a Gaussian integral over interior of a d+1d+1-dimensional disk with given boundary conditions, as a (non-local) quadratic integral over the dd-dimensional boundary itself. In the present paper we mostly concentrate on the finite-dimensional case. The results for finite-dimensional "Iwasawa" Whittaker functions were known, and we present their survey. We also construct new "Gauss" Whittaker functions.
Note:
  • 47 pages, LaTeX
  • field theory: Liouville
  • group theory: SL(N)
  • group theory: representation