Representations of affine Kac-Moody algebras, bosonization and resolutions

Boris L. Feigin*, Edward V. Frenkel

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Abstract

We study boson representations of the affine Kac-Moody algebras and give an explicit description of primary fields and intertwining operators, using vertex operators. We establish the resolution of the irreducible module, consisting of boson representations, and point out the connection with Virasoro algebra. All these give new bosonization procedures for Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) models and mathematical backgrounds for the integral representation of correlation functions in WZW models on the plane and on the torus.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-317
Number of pages11
JournalLetters in Mathematical Physics
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1990

Keywords

  • AMS subject classification (1980): 22Exx

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