Oscillator-like unitary representations of non-compact groups with a jordan structure and the non-compact groups of supergravity

We give a general bosonic construction of oscillator-like unitary irreducible representations (UIR) of non-compact groups whose coset spaces with respect to their maximal compact subgroups are Hermitian symmetric. With the exception of E₇₍₇₎, they include all the non-compact invariance groups of extended supergravity theories in four dimensions. These representations have the remarkable property that each UIR is uniquely determined by an irreducible representation of the maximal compact subgroup. We study the connection between our construction, the Hermitian symmetric spaces and the Tits-Koecher construction of the Lie algebras of corresponding groups. We then give the bosonic construction of the Lie algebra ofE ₇₍₇₎ in SU(8), SO(8) and U(7) bases and study its properties. Application of our method toE ₇₍₇₎ leads to reducible unitary representations.Dedicated to Feza Gürsey on the occasion of his 60th birthdayAlexander von Humboldt Fellow, on leave from Physics Dept., Bogaziçi University, Istanbul/Turkey: work supported in part by TBTAK, The National Science and Technology Council of Turkey     

Discrete degenerate representations of non-compact unitary groups

Two degenerate principal series of irreducible unitary representations of an arbitrary non-compact unitary groupU(p,1) are derived. These series are determined by the eigenvalues of the first and second-order invariant operators, which are shown to possess a discrete spectrum. The explicit form of the corresponding harmonic functions is derived and the properties of the discrete representations are discussed in detail. Moreover, in the Appendix, we derive the properties of the corresponding degenerate representations of an arbitrary compactU(p) group.On leave of absence from Institute of Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland.On leave of absence from Institute of Physics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia.     

Spectra of generators in irreducible unitary representations of non-compact semi-simple groups

Several theorems concerning the spectra of elements of the complexified Lie algebra in unitary representations of non-compact semi-simple groups are proved. The principal theorem gives purely Lie algebraic sufficient conditions for the type of spectrum (point or continuous) of any element of the real Lie algebra. For elements of special self adjoint Cartan subalgebras these conditions are rephrased in terms of the basis-dependent information most readily available to the physicist, namely their hermiticity properties and the values of the structure constants: roots, etc.International Atomic Energy Agency International Center for Theoretical PhysicsOn leave of absence from New Mexico State University, NM, USA.     

Lie algebras and representations of continuous groups

It is shown that every finitely generated continuous group has a subgroup generated by its infinitesimal transformations. This subgroup has a group algebra which is the Lie algebra of the group. By obtaining complete systems in the Lie algebra and complete rectangular arrays, it is shown that these can yield matrix representations of the continuous group. Illustrative examples are given for the rotation groups and for the full linear groups. It would seem that all the finite motion representations can be obtained by these methods, including spin representations of rotation groups. But the completeness of the method is not here demonstrated.     

Superconformal current algebras and their unitary representations

A natural supersymmetric extension is defined of the current (= affine Kac-Moody Lie) algebra ; it corresponds to a superconformal and chiral invariant 2-dimensional quantum field theory (QFT), and hence appears as an ingredient in superstring models. All unitary irreducible positive energy representations of are constructed. They extend to unitary representations of the semidirect sumS (G) of with the superconformal algebra of Neveu-Schwarz, for , or of Ramond, for =0.On leave of absence from the Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BG-1184 Sofia, Bulgaria     

Supersymmetry and non-compact groups in supergravity

We study the interplay of supersymmetry and certain non-compact invariance groups in extended supergravity theories (ESGTs). We use the N = 4 ESGT to demonstrate that these symmetries do not commute and exhibit the infinite-dimensional superinvariance algebra generated by them in the global limit. Using this result, we look for unitary representations of the full algebra. We discuss the implications of our results in the context of attempts to derive a relativistic effective gauge theory of elementary particles interpreted as bound states of the N = 8 ESGT.     

Degenerate representations of non-compact unitary groups. II. Continuous series

Three degenerate principal series of irreducible unitary representations of an arbitrary non-compact unitary groupU(p, q) are derived. There series are determined by the eigenvalues of the first and second-order invariant operators, the former having a discrete spectrum and the latter a continuous one. The explicit form of the corresponding harmonic functions is derived and the properties of the continuous representations are discussed.On leave of absence from Institute of Physics of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia.On leave of absence from Institute of Nuclear Research, Warsaw, Poland.     

Perturbations of unitary representations of finite dimensional Lie groups

In quantum physical theories, interactions in a system of particles are commonly understood as perturbations to certain observables, including the Hamiltonian, of the corresponding interaction-free system. The manner in which observables undergo perturbations is subject to constraints imposed by the overall symmetries that the interacting system is expected to obey. Primary among these are the spacetime symmetries encoded by the unitary representations of the Galilei group and Poincaré group for the non-relativistic and relativistic systems, respectively. In this light, interactions can be more generally viewed as perturbations to unitary representations of connected Lie groups, including the non-compact groups of spacetime symmetry transformations. In this paper, we present a simple systematic procedure for introducing perturbations to (infinite dimensional) unitary representations of finite dimensional connected Lie groups. We discuss applications to relativistic and non-relativistic particle systems.     

Representations of Lie algebras from representations of quantum groups

In paper [*] (P. Moylan: Czech. J. Phys., Vol. 47 (1997), p. 1251) we gave an explicit embedding of the three dimensional Euclidean algebra (2) into a quantum structure associated with U _q(so(2, 1)). We used this embedding to construct skew symmetric representations of (2) out of skew symmetric representations of U _q(so(2, 1)). Here we consider generalizations of the results in [*] to a more complicated quantum group, which is of importance to physics. We consider U _q(so(3, 2)), and we show that, for a particular representation, namely the Rac representation, many of the results in [*] carry over to this case. In particular, we construct representations of so(3, 2), P(2, 2), the Poincaré algebra in 2+2 dimensions, and the Poincaré algebra out of the Rac representation of U _q(so(3, 2)). These results may be of interest to those working on exploiting representations of U _q(so(3, 2)), like the Rac, as an example of kinematical confinement for particle constituents such as the quarks.     

Analytic vectors and irreducible representations of nilpotent Lie groups and algebras

Let U be a unitary irreducible locally faithful representation of a nilpotent Lie group G, U the universal enveloping algebra of G, M a simple module on U with kernel Ker dU, then there exists an automorphism of U keeping ker dU invariant such that, after transport of structure, M is isomorphic to a submodule of the space of analytic vectors for U.     

Remark on the integrability of some representations of the semisimple Lie algebras

It is discussed how boundedness of the quadratic Casimir operator in skew-symmetric representation τ of semisimple Lie algebra can simplify the proof of integrability of τ.     

Surfaces on Lie groups,on Lie algebras,and their integrability

We study the cohomology of the Schwinger term arising in second quantization of the class of observables belonging to the restricted general linear algebra. We prove that, for all pseudodifferential operators in 3+1 dimensions of this type, the Schwinger term is equivalent to the twisted Radul cocycle, a modified version of the Radul cocycle arising in non-commutative differential geometry. In the process we also show how the ordinary Radul cocycle for any pair of pseudodifferential operators in any dimension can be written as the phase space integral of the star commutator of their symbols projected to the appropriate asymptotic component.     

A Garding domain for representations of some Hilbert Lie groups

Given a Banach representation of a Hilbert Lie group, the Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{G}\) of which is the closure of the union of an increasing sequence of finite dimensional subalgebras, we construct a Gårding domain on which we differentiate the group representation to a representation of a dense subalgebra of \(\mathfrak{G}\) .     

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].     

Matrix elements of representations of non-compact groups in a continuous basis

Explicit formulas are obtained by a simple algebraic method for the representations of the finite group transformations ofO(2,1) in a continuous basis when a non-compact generator is diagonalized. Compact and non-compact cases are treated in a unified form and the nature of analytic continuation is determined. The transformation function between the discrete and the continuous bases is also given. These explicit formulas have not been obtained in the literature before.Supported in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Office of Aerospace Research, U.S. Air Force, under Grant No. AF-AFOSR- 30–67.     

Unitary representations of some infinite-dimensional Lie algebras motivated by string theory on AdS3

We consider some unitary representations of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras motivated by string theory on AdS₃. These include examples of two kinds: the A,D,E type affine Lie algebras and the N=4 superconformal algebra. The first presents a new construction for free field representations of affine Lie algebras. The second is of a particular physical interest because it provides some hints that a hybrid of the NSR and GS formulations for string theory on AdS₃ exists.     

Kac-Moody current algebras of D = 2 massless gauge theories,their representations and applications

We give a classification of the Kac-Moody current algebras of all the possible massless fermion-gauge theories in two dimensions. It is shown that only Kac-Moody algebras based on A_N, B_N, C_N, and D_N in the Cartan classification with all possible central charge occur. The representation of local fermion fields and simply laced Kac-Moody algebras with minimal central charge in terms of free boson fields on a compactified space is discussed in detail, where stress is laid on the role played by the boundary conditions on the various collective modes. Fractional solitons and the possible soliton representation of certain nonsimply laced algebras is also analysed. We briefly discuss the relationship between the massless bound state sector of these two-dimensioned gauge theories and the critically coupled two-dimensional nonlinear sigma model, which share the same current algebra. Finally we briefly discuss the relevance of Sp(n) Kac-Moody algebras to the physics of monopole-fermion systems.     

The supergroups of supersymmetry and supergravity as ordinary real Lie groups

The concept of Grassmannification of a Lie group, which is completely analogous to the concept of complexification of a Lie group, is introduced. Grassmannified Lie groups can also be viewed as ordinary real Lie groups. It is shown that every graded Lie algebra (= superalgebra) determines a subgroup (Kac-Berezin group, supergroup) in the Grassmannified full matrix group. On the other hand, it seems possible that not all supergroups can be found by a complete classification of all graded Lie algebras.     

On the integrability of representations of finite dimensional real Lie algebras

We give an integrability criterion for Lie algebra representations in a reflexive Banach space. Applications are given to skewsymmetric Lie algebra representations in Hilbert spaces and to essential skewadjointness of a sum of two skewadjoint operators.