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Higher-spin strings and W minimal models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-04-06 v1

Abstract

We study the spectrum of physical states for higher-spin generalisations of string theory, based on two-dimensional theories with local spin-2 and spin-ss symmetries. We explore the relation of the resulting effective Virasoro string theories to certain WW minimal models. In particular, we show how the highest-weight states of the WW minimal models decompose into Virasoro primaries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9308114,
  title  = {Higher-spin strings and W minimal models},
  author = {H. Lu and C. N. Pope and K. Thielemans and X. J. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9308114},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

13 pages, CTP TAMU-43/93, KUL-TF-93/94