Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2000-01-11
Phys.Lett. B486 (2000) 306-313
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
12 pages, no figures, latex; v2: a reference added, minor corrections; v3: some changes in presentation, version to appear in
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(00)00783-8
We discuss the modular invariance of the SL(2,R) WZW model. In particular, we discuss in detail the modular invariants using the \hat{sl}(2,R) characters based on the discrete unitary series of the SL(2,R) representations. The explicit forms of the corresponding characters are known when no singular vectors appear. We show, for example, that from such characters modular invariants can be obtained only when the level k < 2 and infinitely large spins are included. In fact, we give a modular invariant with three variables Z(z,\tau, u) in this case. We also argue that the discrete series characters are not sufficient to construct a modular invariant compatible with the unitarity bound, which was proposed to resolve the ghost problem of the SL(2,R) strings.
Kato Akishi
Satoh Yuji
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