We prove that the extended Toda hierarchy of [1] admits nonabelian Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries isomorphic to the half of the Virasoro algebra. The generators Lm, m ≥ −1 of the Lie algebra act by linear differential operators onto the tau function of the hierarchy. We also prove that the tau function of a generic solution to the extended Toda hierarchy is annihilated by a combination...

Abstract. In this paper, we study certain Virasoro frames for lattice vertex operator algebras and their Z2-orbifolds using linear codes over Z4. We also compute the corresponding frame stabilizer from the view point of binary codes and Z4-codes. As an application, we determine the frame stabilizers of several Virasoro frames of the vertex operator algebra VE8 and the moonshine vertex operator ...

We detail the properties of Veneziano, Virasoro, and Coon amplitudes. These tree-level four-point scattering amplitudes may be written as infinite products with an sequence simple poles. Our approach for amplitude uses mathematical theory $q$-analysis. interpret a $q$-deformation Veneziano all $q \geq 0$ discover new transcendental structure in its low-energy expansion. show that there is no an...

We show that the continuous limit of a wide natural class of the right-invariant discrete Lagrangian systems on the Virasoro group gives the family of integrable PDE’s containing Camassa-Holm, Hunter-Saxton and Korteweg-de Vries equations. This family has been recently derived by Khesin and Misio-lek as Euler equations on the Virasoro algebra for H1 α,βmetrics. Our result demonstrates a univers...

We define an elliptic deformation of the Virasoro algebra. We conjecture that the [Formula: see text] Nekrasov partition function reproduces the chiral blocks of this algebra. We support this proposal by showing that at special points in the moduli space the 6d Nekrasov partition function reduces to the partition function of a 4d vortex theory supported on [Formula: see text], which is in turn ...

Based on the extended BRST formalism of Batalin, Fradkin and Vilkovisky, we perform a general algebraic analysis of the BRST anomalies in superstring theory of Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond. Consistency conditions on the BRST anomalies are completely solved. The genuine super-Virasoro anomaly is identified with the essentially unique solution to the consistency condition without any reference to a parti...

We prove that the extended Toda hierarchy of [1] admits nonabelian Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries isomorphic to the half of the Virasoro algebra. The generators Lm, m ≥ −1 of the Lie algebra act by linear differential operators onto the tau function of the hierarchy. We also prove that the tau function of a generic solution to the extended Toda hierarchy is annihilated by a combination...