W-gravity from Chern-Simons theory

1991/12/20 by Jan de Boer, Jacob K. Goeree, Jacob Goeree · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(92)90650-z

published as Nucl.Phys. B381 (1992) 329-359 · 35 pages

arxiv created 1991/12/20 · openalex publication_date 1992/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Starting with three dimensional Chern--Simons theory with gauge group Sl(N,R), we derive an action S_cov invariant under both left and right W_N transformations. We give an interpretation of S_cov in terms of anomalies, and discuss its relation with Toda theory.

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