Extensions of diffeomorphism and current algebras
Abstract
Dzhumadil'daev has classified all tensor module extensions of , the diffeomorphism algebra in dimensions, and its subalgebras of divergence free, Hamiltonian, and contact vector fields. I review his results using explicit tensor notation. All of his generic cocycles are limits of trivial cocycles, and many arise from the Mickelsson-Faddeev algebra for . Then his results are extended to some non-tensor modules, including the higher-dimensional Virasoro algebras found by Eswara Rao/Moody and myself. Extensions of current algebras with -dimensional representations are obtained by restriction from . This gives a connection between higher-dimensional Virasoro and Kac-Moody cocycles, and between Mickelsson-Faddeev cocycles for diffeomorphism and current algebras.
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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0002016,
title = {Extensions of diffeomorphism and current algebras},
author = {T. A. Larsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0002016},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Corrected treatment of special 2-dim cocycles. Added section on div-free, Hamiltonian and contact subalgebras. 34 pages, Latex2e