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Minimal Models of CFT on Z_N-Surfaces
The conformal field theory on a Z_N-surface is studied by mapping it on the
branched sphere. Using a coulomb gas formalism we construct the minimal models
of the theory.Comment: 16 pages, latex, no figures; two important early references on the
coset construction have been included; to appear in Mod. Phys. Let
On Vertex Operator Construction of Quantum Affine Algebras
We describe the construction of the quantum deformed affine Lie algebras
using the vertex operators in the free field theory. We prove the Serre
relations for the quantum deformed Borel subalgebras of affine algebras, namely
the case of is considered in detail. We provide some
formulas for generators of affine algebra.Comment: LaTeX, 9 pages; typos corrected, references adde
Quantum W-algebras and Elliptic Algebras
We define quantum W-algebras generalizing the results of Reshetikhin and the
second author, and Shiraishi-Kubo-Awata-Odake. The quantum W-algebra associated
to sl_N is an associative algebra depending on two parameters. For special
values of parameters it becomes the ordinary W-algebra of sl_N, or the
q-deformed classical W-algebra of sl_N. We construct free field realizations of
the quantum W-algebras and the screening currents. We also point out some
interesting elliptic structures arising in these algebras. In particular, we
show that the screening currents satisfy elliptic analogues of the Drinfeld
relations in U_q(n^).Comment: 26 pages, AMSLATE
N=4 mechanics, WDVV equations and roots
N=4 superconformal multi-particle quantum mechanics on the real line is
governed by two prepotentials, U and F, which obey a system of partial
differential equations linear in U and generalizing the
Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde (WDVV) equation for F. Putting U=0 yields a
class of models (with zero central charge) which are encoded by the finite
Coxeter root systems. We extend these WDVV solutions F in two ways: the A_n
system is deformed n-parametrically to the edge set of a general orthocentric
n-simplex, and the BCF-type systems form one-parameter families. A
classification strategy is proposed. A nonzero central charge requires turning
on U in a given F background, which we show is outside of reach of the standard
root-system ansatz for indecomposable systems of more than three particles. In
the three-body case, however, this ansatz can be generalized to establish a
series of nontrivial models based on the dihedral groups I_2(p), which are
permutation symmetric if 3 divides p. We explicitly present their full
prepotentials.Comment: 1+25 pages; v2: major revision (more general analysis, new solutions,
additional references); v3: improvements in sects.5,8,9, refs. adde
N=4 Mechanics, WDVV Equations and Polytopes
N=4 superconformal n-particle quantum mechanics on the real line is governed
by two prepotentials, U and F, which obey a system of partial nonlinear
differential equations generalizing the Witten-Dijkgraaf-Verlinde-Verlinde
(WDVV) equation for F. The solutions are encoded by the finite Coxeter systems
and certain deformations thereof, which can be encoded by particular polytopes.
We provide A_n and B_3 examples in some detail. Turning on the prepotential U
in a given F background is very constrained for more than three particles and
nonzero central charge. The standard ansatz for U is shown to fail for all
finite Coxeter systems. Three-particle models are more flexible and based on
the dihedral root systems.Comment: Talk at ISQS-17 in Prague, 19-21 June 2008, and at Group-27 in
Yerevan, 13-19 August 2008; v2: B_3 examples correcte
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