Symmetries of 2-d Gravity

Details Symmetries of 2-d Gravity Symmetries of 2-d Gravity

1996-11-16

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9611121v1

Phys.Lett. B400 (1997) 15-20

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

9 pages, plain Tex

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00317-1

Two-dimensional gravity in the light-cone gauge was shown to exhibit an underlying sl(2,R) current algebra. It is the purpose of this note to offer a possible explanation about the origin of this important algebra. The essential point is that two-dimensional gravity is governed by a topological field theory. The gauge group is sl(2,R) and it is this enhanced gauge group that yields Polyakov's current algebra.

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