English

Virasoro constraints in Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies

Algebraic Geometry 2016-01-19 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We describe a geometric theory of Virasoro constraints in generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies. Solutions of Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies are succinctly described by giving a principal bundle on a complex curve together with the data of a Higgs field near infinity. String solutions for these hierarchies are defined as points having a big stabilizer under a certain Lie algebra action. We characterize principal bundles coming from string solutions as those possessing connections compatible with the Higgs field near infinity. We show that tau-functions of string solutions satisfy second-order differential equations generalizing the Virasoro constraints of 2d quantum gravity.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1302.3540,
  title  = {Virasoro constraints in Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies},
  author = {Pavel Safronov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.3540},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

28 pages