Physical States and BRST Operators for Higher-spin $W$ Strings

dc.creatorLiu, Yu-Xiao
dc.creatorWei, Shao-Wen
dc.creatorZhang, Li-Jie
dc.creatorRen, Ji-Rong
dc.date2008-09-15
dc.date2009-04-19
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:07:33Z
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dc.descriptionIn this paper, we mainly investigate the $W_{2,s}^{M}\otimes W_{2,s}^{L}$ system, in which the matter and the Liouville subsystems generate $W_{2,s}^{M}$ and $W_{2,s}^L$ algebras respectively. We first give a brief discussion of the physical states for corresponding $W$ stings. The lower states are given by freezing the spin-2 and spin-$s$ currents. Then, introducing two pairs of ghost-like fields, we give the realizations of $W_{1,2,s}$ algebras. Based on these linear realizations, BRST operators for $W_{2,s}$ algebras are obtained. Finally, we construct new BRST charges of Liouville system for $W_{2,s}^{L}$ strings at the specific values of central charges $c$: $c=-{22/5}$ for $W_{2,3}^{L}$ algebra, $c=-24$ for $W_{2,4}^{L}$ algebra and $c=-2,-{286/3}$ for $W_{2,6}^{L}$ algebra, at which the corresponding $W_{2,s}^L$ algebras are singular.
dc.description18 pages, 2 tables, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2462
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2462
dc.identifierEur.Phys.J.C60:675-684,2009
dc.identifierdoi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-009-0958-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/228127
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titlePhysical States and BRST Operators for Higher-spin $W$ Strings
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