The Affine (sl(2) + sl(2)) / sl(2) coset theory as a Hamiltonian reduction of the exceptional affine Lie superalgebra D(2|1: alpha)

Feb, 2001
37 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 610 (2001) 489-530
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Abstract:
We show that the coset ^sl(2)+^sl(2)/^sl(2) is a quantum Hamiltonian reduction of the exceptional affine Lie superalgebra ^D(2|1;\alpha) and that the corresponding W algebra is the commutant of the U_{q}D(2|1;\alpha) quantum group.
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  • amsart, 38pp. V2: minor corrections Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Theory; Quantum Algebra; Mathematical Physics
  • W algebras
  • Hamiltonian reduction
  • Screening operators
  • Quantum groups
  • Vertex-operator algebras
  • algebra: Lie
  • algebra: affine
  • supersymmetry: algebra
  • algebra: W(N)
  • coset space