Unitary And Hermitian Matrices In An External Field II: The Kontsevich Model And Continuum Virasoro Constraints

We introduce an $\mathfrak{F}$-valued generalization of the Virasoro algebra, called the Frobenius-Virasoro algebra $\mathfrak{vir_F}$, where $\mathfrak{F}$ is a Frobenius algebra over $\mathbb{R}$. We also study Euler equations on the regular dual of $\mathfrak{vir_F}$, including the $\mathfrak{F}$-$\mathrm{KdV}$ equation and the $\mathfrak{F}$-$\mathrm{CH}$ equation and the $\mathfrak{F}$-$\mathrm{HS}$ equation, and discuss their Hamiltonian properties.

We give a proof of Alexandrov's conjecture on a formula connecting the Kontsevich-Witten and Hodge tau-functions using only the Virasoro operators. This formula has been confirmed up to an unknown constant factor. In this paper, we show that this factor is indeed equal to one by investigating series expansions for the Lambert W function on different points.

We show that the fermionic matrix model can be realized by $W$-representation. We construct the Virasoro constraints with higher algebraic structures, where the constraint operators obey the Witt algebra and null 3-algebra. The remarkable feature is that the character expansion of the partition function can be easily derived from such Virasoro constraints. It is a $\tau$-function of the KP hierarchy. We construct the fermionic Aristotelian tensor model and give its $W$-repres...

In our previous article we have proposed that the Virasoro algebra controls the quantum cohomology of Fano varieties at all genera. In this paper we construct a free field description of Virasoro operators and quantum cohomology. We shall show that to each even (odd) homology class of a K\"{a}hler manifold we have a free bosonic (fermionic) field and Virasoro operators are given by a simple bilinear form of these fields. We shall show that the Virasoro condition correctly rep...

The near-horizon geometry of the extremal four-dimensional Kerr black hole and certain generalizations thereof has an SL(2,R) x U(1) isometry group. Excitations around this geometry can be controlled by imposing appropriate boundary conditions. For certain boundary conditions, the U(1) isometry is enhanced to a Virasoro algebra. Here, we propose a free-field construction of this Virasoro algebra.

We give a brief overview of the properties of a higher dimensional generalization of matrix model which arises naturally in the context of a background independent approach to quantum gravity, the so called group field theory. We show that this theory leads to a natural proposal for the physical scalar product of quantum gravity. We also show in which sense this theory provides a third quantization point of view on quantum gravity.

Infinite enlargements of finite pseudo-unitary symmetries are explicitly provided in this letter. The particular case of u(2,2)=so(4,2)+u(1) constitutes a (Virasoro-like) infinite-dimensional generalization of the 3+1-dimensional conformal symmetry, in addition to matter fields with all conformal spins. These algebras provide a new arena for integrable field models in higher dimensions; for example, Anti-de Sitter and conformal gauge theories of higher-so(4,2)-spin fields. A ...

The main aim of this article is to prove the one-dimensionality of the third algebraic cohomology of the Virasoro algebra with values in the adjoint module. We announced this result in a previous publication with only a sketch of the proof. The detailed proof is provided in the present article. We also show that the third algebraic cohomology of the Witt and the Virasoro algebra with values in the trivial module is one-dimensional. We consider purely algebraic cohomology, i.e...

We introduce a novel representation of Virasoro algebra in open string field theory. Elements of the algebra are vector fields on the $K$-space, where $K$ is the string field that generates a world sheet strip in sliver frame. The generators introduce a global symmetry of open string field theory. We also derive a representation of Virasoro algebra for nontrivial open string background described by the formal pure gauge solution. Generators for 0, 1 and 2 D-branes are explici...

If G is a simple non-compact Lie group, with K its maximal compact subgroup, such that K contains a one-dimensional center C, then the coset space G/K is an Hermitian symmetric non-compact space. SL(2,R)/U(1) is the simplest example of such a space. It is only when G/K is an Hermitian symmetric space that there exists unitary discrete representations of G. We will here study string theories defined as G/K', K'=K/C, WZNW models. We will establish unitarity for such string theo...