Virasoro algebra anomalies and deformations
- 1 May 1987
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 4 (3) , L67-L70
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/4/3/006
Abstract
The authors relate the anomalies of string theories to the mathematical obstructions of Dirac's canonical quantisation. The cohomological features of the deformation approach to the quantisation procedure determine the topological nature of such anomalies.Keywords
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