Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-05-17
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A11 (1996) 429-514
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
60 pages, LATEX, postscript file available from rwgebert@x4u2.desy.de
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217751X96000225
Multistring vertices and the overlap identities which they satisfy are exploited to understand properties of hyperbolic Kac Moody algebras, and $E_{10}$ in particular. Since any such algebra can be embedded in the larger Lie algebra of physical states of an associated completely compactified subcritical bosonic string, one can in principle determine the root spaces by analyzing which (positive norm) physical states decouple from the $N$-string vertex. Consequently, the Lie algebra of physical states decomposes into a direct sum of the hyperbolic algebra and the space of decoupled states. Both these spaces contain transversal and longitudinal states. Longitudinal decoupling holds generally, and may also be valid for uncompactified strings, with possible consequences for Liouville theory; the identification of the decoupled states simply amounts to finding the zeroes of certain ``decoupling polynomials''. This is not the case for transversal decoupling, which crucially depends on special properties of the root lattice, as we explicitly demonstrate for a non-trivial root space of $E_{10}$. Because the $N$-vertices of the compactified string contain the complete information about decoupling, all the properties of the hyperbolic algebra are encoded into them. In view of the integer grading of hyperbolic algebras such as $E_{10}$ by the level, these algebras can be interpreted as interacting strings moving on the respective group manifolds associated with the underlying finite-dimensional Lie algebras.
Gebert Reinhold W.
Nicolai Hermann
West Peter C.
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