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Fermionic Coset, Critical Level W^(2)_4-Algebra and Higher Spins

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-03 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The fermionic coset is a limit of the pure spinor formulation of the AdS5xS5 sigma model as well as a limit of a nonlinear topological A-model, introduced by Berkovits. We study the latter, especially its symmetries, and map them to higher spin algebras. We show the following. The linear A-model possesses affine \AKMSApgl440\AKMSA{pgl}{4}{4}_0 symmetry at critical level and its \AKMSApsl440\AKMSA{psl}{4}{4}_0 current-current perturbation is the nonlinear model. We find that the perturbation preserves W4(2)\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_4-algebra symmetry at critical level. There is a topological algebra associated to \AKMSApgl440\AKMSA{pgl}{4}{4}_0 with the properties that the perturbation is BRST-exact. Further, the BRST-cohomology contains world-sheet supersymmetric symplectic fermions and the non-trivial generators of the W4(2)\mathcal{W}^{(2)}_4-algebra. The Zhu functor maps the linear model to a higher spin theory. We analyze its \SLSApsl44\SLSA{psl}{4}{4} action and find finite dimensional short multiplets.

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@article{arxiv.1111.6603,
  title  = {Fermionic Coset, Critical Level W^(2)_4-Algebra and Higher Spins},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig and Peng Gao and Andrew R. Linshaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.6603},
  year   = {2015}
}

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25 pages

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