HIGHER-SPIN THEORIES, W-INFINITY ALGEBRAS AND THEIR SUPEREXTENSIONS Academic Article

abstract

• We examine the role of higher-spin algebras in (2 + 1) and (1 + 1) dimensional. We construct (2 + 1)-dimensional Chern-Simons theories based on bosonic and supersymmetric extensions of the anti-de Sitter group, and show how the resulting higher-spin algebras are related to the algebra of symplectic diffeomorphisms of the plane and the super-plane. We also construct N=1 and N=2 supersymmetric extensions of the W algebra of conformal fields in (1 + 1) dimension, with all spins 3 2, and indicate how these are related to the symplectic diffeomorphisms mentioned above. 1990.

authors

• Pope, Christopher

published proceedings

• PHYSICS LETTERS B

author list (cited authors)

• POPE, C. N., & SHEN, X.

citation count

• 25

complete list of authors

• POPE, CN||SHEN, X

publication date

• February 1990

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physics Letters B  Journal

keywords

• 49 Mathematical Sciences
• 4902 Mathematical Physics
• 4904 Pure Mathematics
• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5107 Particle And High Energy Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0370-2693(90)90588-W

start page

• 21

end page

• 26

volume

• 236

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2F0370-2693%2890%2990588-w