HIGHER-SPIN STRINGS AND W-MINIMAL MODELS Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We study the spectrum of physical states for higher-spin generalizations of string theory, based on two-dimensional theories with local spin-2 and spin-s symmetries. We explore the relation of the resulting effective Virasoro string theories to certain W minimal models. In particular, we show how the highest-weight states of the W minimal models decompose into Virasoro primaries.

published proceedings

  • CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY

author list (cited authors)

  • LU, H., POPE, C. N., WANG, X. J., & THIELEMANS, K.

citation count

  • 6

complete list of authors

  • LU, H||POPE, CN||WANG, XJ||THIELEMANS, K

publication date

  • January 1994