The hidden Kac-Moody symmetry of the geometric actions

Journal Article · Mon Dec 10 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Modern Physics Letters A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732390002912· OSTI ID:6003963

Aratyn, H ^[1]; Nissimov, E; Pacheva, S ^[2]

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1. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL (US)
2. Dept. of Physics, Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovot 76100 (IL)

A general formalism is proposed to study infinite-dimensional Noether symmetries in arbitrary field theories on group coadjoint orbits as well as in their gauged versions (coset geometric models). The basic tools are generalized group composition laws valid for any geometric action. As a main application, the authors present a general scheme for constructing the hidden Kac-Moody currents.

• OSTI ID: 6003963
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (United States), Journal Name: Modern Physics Letters A; (United States) Vol. 5:3; ISSN 0217-7323; ISSN MPLAE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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