skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Critical dimensions for chiral bosons

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

We give the Lagrangian formulation of a Bose model in 1+1 dimensions which describes a free chiral Lie-algebra-valued current. This model is a non-Abelian generalization of the chiral scalar model of Siegel. Both the Abelian and non-Abelian actions have a gauge invariance, which becomes anomalous when the models are quantized. The condition that this anomaly be canceled coincides with the string no-ghost condition.

Research Organization:
Department of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124
OSTI ID:
5262702
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 37:10
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English