Discrete States in the W₃ String

1992/09/27 by C. N. Pope, C.N. Pope, E. Sezgin +5 · 6 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)90255-g

published as Phys.Lett.B299:247-254,1993 · 15 pages, CTP TAMU-64/92, Imperial/TP/91-92/40

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Abstract

We construct the low-lying discrete states of the two-scalar W₃ string. This includes states that correspond to the analogues of the ground ring generators of the ordinary two-dimensional string. These give rise to infinite towers of discrete states at higher levels.

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