Let V m,n p,q be the irreducible representation of the Virasoro algebra L with central charge cp,q = 1− 6(p − q) /pq and highest weight hm,n = [(np−mq)−(p−q)]/4pq, where p, q > 1 are relatively prime integers, and m, n are integers, such that 0 < m < p, 0 < n < q. For fixed p and q the representations V m,n p,q form the (p, q) minimal model of the Virasoro algebra [1]. For N > 0 let LN be the L...

The near-horizon geometries of the extremal Kerr black hole and certain generalizations thereof are considered. Their isometry groups are all given by SL(2,R) × U(1). The usual boundary conditions of the Kerr/CFT correspondence enhance the U(1) isometry to a Virasoro algebra. Various alternatives to these boundary conditions are discussed. Partial classifications are provided of the boundary co...

abstract The Virasoro master equation describes a large set of conformal field theories known as the affine-Virasoro constructions, in the operator algebra (affine Lie algebra) of the WZW model, while the Einstein equations of the general non-linear sigma model describe another large set of conformal field theories. This talk summarizes recent work which unifies these two sets of conformal fiel...

We study bosonic string theory in the light-cone gauge on AdS3 spacetime with zero radius of curvature (in string units) R/ √ α′ = 0. We find that the worldsheet theory admits an infinite number of conserved quantities which are naturally interpreted as spacetime charges and which form a representation of (two commuting copies of) a Virasoro algebra. Near the boundary of AdS3 these charges are ...

Abstract. Recently (cf. [1] and [2]) L. Accardi and A. Boukas proved that the generators of the second quantized Virasoro–Zamolodchikov–w∞ algebra can be expressed in terms of the Renormalized Higher Powers of White Noise and conjectured that this inclusion might in fact be an identity, in the sense that the converse is also true. In this paper we prove that this conjecture is true. We also exp...

It is proved in this paper that an irreducible module over the non-graded Virasoro-like algebra L, which satisfies a natural condition, is a GHW module or uniformly bounded. Furthermore, we give the complete classification of indecomposable L-modules V = ⊕ m,n∈Z Cvm,n which satisfy Lr,svm,n ⊆ Cvr+m,s+n+1 + Cvr+m,s+n.

We compute the short distance expansion of fields or operators that live in the coadjoint representation of an infinite dimensional Lie algebra by using only properties of the adjoint representation and its dual. We explicitly compute the short distance expansion for the duals of the Virasoro algebra, affine Lie Algebras and the geometrically realized N -extended supersymmetric GR Virasoro alge...

The near-horizon geometries of the extremal Kerr black hole and certain generalizations thereof are considered. Their isometry groups are all given by SL(2,R) × U(1). The usual boundary conditions of the Kerr/CFT correspondence enhance the U(1) isometry to a Virasoro algebra. Various alternatives to these boundary conditions are explored. Partial classifications are provided of the boundary con...

The near-horizon geometry of the extremal four-dimensional Kerr black hole and certain generalizations thereof has an SL(2,R) × U(1) isometry group. Excitations around this geometry can be controlled by imposing appropriate boundary conditions. For certain boundary conditions, the U(1) isometry is enhanced to a Virasoro algebra. Here, we propose a free-field construction of this Virasoro algebra.