Singular contractions of W-algebras

Journal Article · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217732392004092· OSTI ID:6892913

Hull, C M; Palacios, L ^[1]

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1. Queen Mary Coll., London (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics

Many W-algebras are consistent for all values of the central charge except for a discrete set of exceptional values. In this paper, the authors show that such algebras can be contracted to new consistent degenerate algebras at these exceptional values of the central charge.

• OSTI ID: 6892913
• Journal Information: Modern Physics Letters A; (Singapore), Vol. 7:28; ISSN 0217-7323
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ELECTRIC CHARGES
CURRENT ALGEBRA
CONTRACTION
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
SINGULARITY
662110* - General Theory of Particles & Fields- Theory of Fields & Strings- (1992-)