A class of string backgrounds as a semiclassical limit of WZW models

D. I. Olive*, E. Rabinovici, A. Schwimmer

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Abstract

A class of string backgrounds associated with non semi-simple groups is obtained as a special large level limit of ordinary WZW models. The models have an integer Virasoro central charge and they include recently studied by Nappi and Witten.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)361-364
Number of pages4
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume321
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Feb 1994

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