1993/04/24 by H. Lu, H. LU, C. N. Pope +3 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Operator Algebra Research #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1142/s0217751x94000674
published as Int.J.Mod.Phys.A9:1527-1543,1994 · 16 pages. CTP TAMU-22/93
arxiv created 1993/04/24 · openalex publication_date 1994/04/10 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We construct BRST operators for certain higher-spin extensions of the Virasoro algebra, in which there is a spin-s gauge field on the world sheet, as well as the spin-2 gauge field corrresponding to the two-dimensional metric. We use these BRST operators to study the physical states of the associated string theories, and show how they are related to certain minimal models.