2D SIGMA MODEL APPROACH TO 4D INSTANTONS
- 20 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in International Journal of Modern Physics A
- Vol. 07 (07) , 1415-1447
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x92000624
Abstract
4D self-dual theories are proposed to generalize 2D conformal field theory. We identify 4D self-dual gravity as well as self-dual Yang-Mills theory with 2D sigma models valued in infinite-dimensional gauge groups. It is shown that these models possess infinite-dimensional symmetries with associated algebras—“CP1 extensions” of respective gauge algebras of 2D sigma models—which generalize the Kac-Moody algebra as well as W∞. We address various issues concerning 2D sigma models, twistors and sheaf cohomology. An attempt to connect 4D self-dual theories with 2D conformal field theory is made through sl (∞) Toda field theory.Keywords
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