THE RIGID SYMMETRIES OF BOSONIC D-STRINGS

Authors
BRANDT F GOMIS J SIMON J
Citation
F. Brandt et al., THE RIGID SYMMETRIES OF BOSONIC D-STRINGS, Physics letters. Section B, 419(1-4), 1998, pp. 148-156
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. Section B → ACNP
ISSN journal
03702693
Volume
419
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
148 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0370-2693(1998)419:1-4<148:TRSOBD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We analyse the classical symmetries of bosonic D-string actions and ge neralizations thereof. Among others, we show that the simplest actions of this type have infinitely many nontrivial rigid symmetries which a ct nontrivially and nonlinearly both on the target space coordinates a nd on the U(1) gauge field, and form a Kar-Moody version of the Weyl a lgebra (= Poincare algebra + dilatations). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B .V.