Generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov Hierarchies and W-Algebras
Abstract
Description
We review the construction of Drinfeld-Sokolov type hierarchies and classical W-algebras in a Hamiltonian symmetry reduction framework. We describe the list of graded regular elements in the Heisenberg subalgebras of the nontwisted loop algebra based on $gl_n$ and deal with the associated hierarchies. We exhibit an $sl_2$ embedding for each reduction of a Kac-Moody Poisson bracket algebra to a W-algebra of gauge invariant differential polynomials.
12 pages, (To appear in proc. of the NSERC-CAP Workshop on Quantum Groups, Integrable Models and Statistical Systems, Kingston, Canada, July 13-17 1992.)
12 pages, (To appear in proc. of the NSERC-CAP Workshop on Quantum Groups, Integrable Models and Statistical Systems, Kingston, Canada, July 13-17 1992.)