The geometry of the Virasoro group for physicists [electronic resource].

Published: Berkeley, Calif. : Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1987.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: Pages: 19 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Diff(S/sup 1/), the group of reparametrizations of the circle, is known as the Virasoro group in string theory. Reparametrizations keeping fixed a point of the circle form the quotient space Diff(S/sup 1/)S/sup 1/. The geometry of this space is relevant for string theory and string field theory. We describe this space as an infinite dimensional complex manifold with a Kaehler metric and compute ist Riemann tensor and its Ricci tensor. 7 refs

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E 1.99:lbl-24319
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Published through SciTech Connect.
11/01/1987.
"lbl-24319"
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NATO advanced studies institute summer school on particle physics, Cargese, France, 3 Aug 1987.
Zumino, B.

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