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Parafermionic Reductions of WZW Model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We investigate a class of conformal Non-Abelian-Toda models representing a noncompact SL(2,R)/U(1)SL(2,R)/U(1) parafermionions (PF) interacting with a specific abelian Toda theories and having a global U(1) symmetry. A systematic derivation of the conserved currents, their algebras and the exact solution of these models is presented. An important property of this class of models is the affine SL(2,R)qSL(2,R)_q algebra spanned by charges of the chiral and antichiral nonlocal currents and the U(1) charge. The classical (Poisson Brackets) algebras of symmetries VGnV{G_n} of these models appears to be of mixed PF-WGnW{G_n} type. They contain together with the local quadratic terms specific for the WnW_n-algebras the nonlocal terms similar to the ones of the classical PF-algebra. The renormalization of the spins of the nonlocal currents is the main new feature of the quantum VAnV{A_n}-algebras. The quantum VA2V{A_2}-algebra and its degenerate representations are studied in detail.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9803234,
  title  = {Parafermionic Reductions of WZW Model},
  author = {J. F. Gomes and G. M. Sotkov and A. H. Zimerman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9803234},
  year   = {2007}
}

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