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Unitary Representations of $W$ Infinity Algebras

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study the irreducible unitary highest weight representations, which are obtained from free field realizations, of WW infinity algebras (WW_{\infty}, W1+W_{1+\infty}, W1,1W_{\infty}^{1,1}, WMW_{\infty}^M, W1+NW_{1+\infty}^N, WM,NW_{\infty}^{M,N}) with central charges (22, 11, 33, 2M2M, NN, 2M+N2M+N). The characters of these representations are computed. We construct a new extended superalgebra WM,NW_{\infty}^{M,N}, whose bosonic sector is WMW1+NW_{\infty}^M\oplus W_{1+\infty}^N. Its representations obtained from a free field realization with central charge 2M+N2M+N, are classified into two classes: continuous series and discrete series. For the former there exists a supersymmetry, but for the latter a supersymmetry exists only for M=NM=N.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9111058,
  title  = {Unitary Representations of $W$ Infinity Algebras},
  author = {Satoru Odake},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9111058},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages