On the study of unitary representations of the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra via highest weight modules over affine Lie algebras

In this paper, we first construct an analogue of the Sugawara operators for the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra. By using these operators, we show that every integrable highest weight module over an affine Lie algebra can be viewed as a unitary representation of the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra. As a by-product of our constructions, we give the unitary representations of the twisted Heisenberg-Virasoro algebra which have the central charges appearing in [1]. Our approach to obtain these central charges is different with that of [1].     

The algebra of differential operators on the circle and W KP (q)

Radul has recently introduced a map from the Lie algebra of differential operators on the circle of W _n . In this Letter, we extend this map to W _KP ^(q) , a recently introduced one-parameter deformation of W_KP - the second Hamiltonian structure of the KP hierarchy. We use this to give a short proof that W is the algebra of additional symmetries of the KP equation.     

Indecomposable modules over the Virasoro Lie algebra and a conjecture of V. Kac

We consider a class of indecomposable modules over the Virasoro Lie algebra that we call bounded admissible modules. We get results concerning the center and the dimensions of the weight spaces. We prove that these modules always contain a submodule with one-dimensional weight spaces. From this follows the proof of a conjecture of V. Kac concerning the classification of simple admissible modules.Preprint Université de Bourgogne-mai 1990     

Multiplet classification of the indecomposable highest weight modules over the Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond superalgebras

All multiplets of reducible (and indecomposable) highest weight modules (HWM) over the Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond superalgebras are classified and parametrized. The reducible HWM are given a simple explicit parametrization. The homogeneity degrees of all singular vectors of the reducible HWM are explicitly given.Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria     

Characters of the unitarizable highest weight modules over the N = 2 superconformal algebras

The characters of all unitarizable irreducible highest weight modules over the N = 2 superconformal algebras are given. The characters for some nonunitarizable cases are also given postponing the complete treatment to a follow-up paper. A new combinatorial identity continuing the sequence of the (super-) Virasoro-related Euler (N = 0) and Gauss (N = 1) identities is presented.     

Unitarity of highest weight modules for quantum groups

We determine the highest weights that give rise to unitarity when q is real. We further show that when q is on the unit circle and q ± 1, then unitary highest-weight representations must be finite-dimensional and q must be a root of unity. We analyze the special case of the 'Ladder' representations for su . Finally we show how the quantized Ladder representations and their analogues for other Lie algebras play an important role.     

On (2)-relative cohomology of the Lie algebra of vector fields and differential operators

Abstract

Let Vect(?) be the Lie algebra of smooth vector fields on ?. The space of symbols Pol(T*?) admits a non-trivial deformation (given by differential operators on weighted densities) as a Vect(?)-module that becomes trivial once the action is restricted to (2) ? Vect(?). The deformations of Pol(T*?), which become trivial once the action is restricted to (2) and such that the Vect(?)-action on them is expressed in terms of differential operators, are classified by the elements of the weight basis of , where denotes the differential cohomology (i.e., we consider only cochains that are given by differential operators) and where D _λ,μ = Homdiff(F _λ, F _μ) is the space of differential operators acting on weighted densities. The main result of this paper is computation of this cohomology. In addition to relative cohomology, we exhibit 2-cocycles spanning and (2).     

On the Casimir operators associated with any Lie algebra

We give a characterization of the Casimir operators of a Lie algebra by polynomial solutions of a system of first-order partial differential equations. Further an upper bound is stated for the number of independent Casimir operators of a nilpotent Lie algebra.     

Classification of the indecomposable bounded admissible modules over the Virasoro Lie algebra with weightspaces of dimension not exceeding two

In view of [1,2] any bounded admissible moduleA over the Virasoro Lie algebra is a finite length extension of irreducible modules with one-dimensional weightspaces. To each extension of finite lengthn are associatedn+1 invariants (a₁, ₁, ..., _n ). We prove that we have _i – _j {0, 1, ... 6(n – 1b)} for all (i, j) with 1ijn. In the casen=2 this result allows us to construct all the indecomposable bounded admissible modules, where the dimensions of the weightspaces are less than or equal to two. In particular we obtain all the extensions of two irreducible bounded-modules.     

Details of the non-unitarity proof for highest weight representations of the Virasoro algebra

We give an exposition of the details of the proof that all highest weight representations of the Virasoro algebra forc<1 which are not in the discrete series are non-unitary.This work was supported in part by DOE grant DE-FG02-84ER-45144, NSF grant PHY-8451285 and the Sloan Foundation     

Dynamical Lie algebra and conditional operators for many fermion Green functions

A method is introduced to calculate thermodynamic Green functions. A powerful theorem by Masson is the motivation for expressing the Fourier-time transform of the Green function as a super space matrix element of the resolvent of the Liouville operator. The eigenvalues of the Liouville operator are then expressed in a form first suggested by Judd for atomic systems and which are shown to be members of a Lie group.     

Commutative rings of partial differential operators and Lie algebras

We give examples of finite gap Schrödinger operators in the two-dimensional case.     

Cyclic homology of differential operators,the Virasoro algebra and aq-analogue

We show how methods from cyclic homology give easily an explicit 2-cocycle on the Lie algebra of differential operators of the circle such that restricts to the cocycle defining the Virasoro algebra. The same methods yield also aq-analogue of as well as an infinite family of linearly independent cocycles arising when the complex parameterq is a root of unity. We use an algebra ofq-difference operators andq-analogues of Koszul and the Rham complexes to construct these quantum cocycles.     

The spectrum of the algebra of skew differential operators and the irreducible representations of the quantum Heisenberg algebra

The left spectrum of a wide class of the algebras of skew differential operators is described. As a sequence, we determine and classify all the algebraically irreducible representations of the quantum Heisenberg algebra over an arbitrary field.     

Laplace operators on differential forms over configuration spaces

Spaces of differential forms over configuration spaces with Poisson measures are constructed. The corresponding Laplacians (of Bochner and de Rham type) on forms and associated semigroups are considered. Their probabilistic interpretation is given.     

Fusion and singular vectors inA 1 (1) highest weight cyclic modules

We show how the interplay between the fusion formalism of conformal field theory and the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation leads to explicit formulae for the singular vectors in the highest weight representations ofA ₁ ⁽¹⁾ .Laboratoire de la Direction des Sciences de la Matière du Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique     

Irreducible Lie algebra extensions of the Poincaré algebra

We use cohomology of Lie algebras to analyse the abelian extensions of the Poincaré algebraP. We study particularly the irreducible and truly irreducible extensions: some irreducibility criteria are proved and applied to obtain a classification of types of irreducible abelian extensions ofP. We give a characterization of the minimal essential extensions in terms of truly irreducible extensions.     

Irreducible Lie algebra extensions of the Poincaré algebra

We analyse the extensions of the Poincaré algebraP with arbitrary kernels. The main tool is a reduction theorem which generalizes the Hochschild-Serre theorem forn=2. This reduction theorem is proved and used to investigate the structure of the Lie algebras obtained by extension.We look particularly for the irreducible and -irreducible extensions ofP and we classify the types of irreducible extensions with arbitrary kernels.