NON-LOCAL EXTENSIONS OF THE CONFORMAL ALGEBRA : MATRIX $W$-ALGEBRAS, MATRIX KdV-HIERARCHIES AND NON-ABELIAN TODA THEORIES,

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1995-01-11

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9501033v1

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High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

30 pages, uses phyzzx, lecture given at the "59. Rencontre de Strasbourg"

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In the present contribution, I report on certain {\it non-linear} and {\it non-local} extensions of the conformal (Virasoro) algebra. These so-called $V$-algebras are matrix generalizations of $W$-algebras. First, in the context of two-dimensional field theory, I discuss the non-abelian Toda model which possesses three conserved (chiral) ``currents". The Poisson brackets of these ``currents" give the simplest example of a $V$-algebra. The classical solutions of this model provide a free-field realization of the $V$-algebra. Then I show that this $V$-algebra is identical to the second Gelfand-Dikii symplectic structure on the manifold of $2\times 2$-matrix Schr\"odinger operators $L=-\d^2+U$ (with $\tr\sigma_3 U=0$). This provides a relation with matrix KdV-hierarchies and allows me to obtain an infinite family of conserved charges (Hamiltonians in involution). Finally, I work out the general $V_{n,m}$-algebras as symplectic structures based on $n\times n$-matrix $m^{\rm th}$-order differential operators $L=-\d^m +U_2\d^{m-2}+U_3 \d^{m-3}+\ldots +U_m$. It is the absence of $U_1$, together with the non-commutativity of matrices that leads to the non-local terms in the $V_{n,m}$-algebras. I show that the conformal properties are similar to those of $W_m$-algebras, while the complete $V_{n,m}$-algebras are much more complicated, as is shown on the explicit example of $V_{n,3}$.

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