Higher-spin strings and W minimal models

1993/08/24 by H. Lu, H. Lü, C.N. Pope +5
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Geometry #Homogeneous space #Mathematical analysis #Mathematical physics #Minimal model #Minimal models #Physics #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Quantum mechanics #Spectrum (functional analysis) #Spin (aerodynamics) #String (physics) #String theory #Theoretical physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/11/1/014

published as Class.Quant.Grav.11:119-130,1994 · 13 pages, CTP TAMU-43/93, KUL-TF-93/94

arxiv created 1993/08/24 · openalex publication_date 1994/01/01 · arxiv updated 2010/04/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08

Abstract

We study the spectrum of physical states for higher-spin generalizations of string theory, based on two-dimensional theories with local spin-2 and spin-s symmetries. We explore the relation of the resulting effective Virasoro string theories to certain W minimal models. In particular, we show how the highest-weight states of the W minimal models decompose into Virasoro primaries.

Citations

• On the Spectrum and Scattering of W₃ Strings
• Discrete States in the W₃ String
• A BRST operator for non-critical W-strings
• THE MODELS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL QUANTUM FIELD THEORY WITH Zn SYMMETRY
• On Higher-spin Generalisations of String Theory

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• Critical and non-critical strings