Year: 1992
Type: preprint
Abstract: The Feigin-Fuks construction of irreducible lowest-weight Virasoro representations is reviewed using physics terminology. The procedure consists of two steps: constructing invariants and applying them to the Fock vacuum. We attempt to generalize this construction to the diffeomorphism algebra in higher dimensions. The first step is straightforward, but the second is difficult, due to the appearence of infinite Schwinger terms. This might be avoided by imposing constraints on the fields, which should be of the recently discovered conformal type. The resulting representations are reminiscent of quantum gravity.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Larsson, T. A.
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1875892162