All WZW Mooels in $D\leq5$
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We present here all the real algebras with dim5 and all 6-dimensional nilpotent ones with symmetric, invariant and non-degenerate metrics for which a WZW model can be constructed. In three and four dimensions there are no other algebras than the well known , , and . There exist only one five-dimensional and one six-dimensional nilpotent algebra with invariant non-degenerate metric and central charge , respectively. We examine in details the five-dimensional case and, by gauging an appropriate subgroup, four-dimensional plane-wave string backgrounds are obtained. The corresponding background for the six-dimensional case is flat.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9406136,
title = {All WZW Mooels in $D\leq5$},
author = {A. A. Kehagias},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9406136},
year = {2007}
}
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([email protected]), 19 pages, LaTex, NTUA-45/94