Abstract:
We present a new application of affine Lie algebras to massive quantum field theory in 2 dimensions, by investigating the q→1 limit of the q-deformed affine ^sl(2) symmetry of the sine-Gordon theory, this limit occurring at the free fermion point. Working in radial quantization leads to a quasi-chiral factorization of the space of fields. The conserved charges which generate the affine Lie algebra split into two independent affine algebras on this factorized space, each with level 1 in the anti-periodic sector, and level 0 in the periodic sector. The space of fields in the anti-periodic sector can be organized using level-1 highest weight representations, if one supplements the ^sl(2) algebra with the usual local integrals of motion. Introducing a particle-field duality leads to a new way of computing form-factors in radial quantization. Using the integrals of motion, a momentum space bosonization involving vertex operators is formulated. Form-factors are computed as vacuum expectation values of vertex operators in momentum space.
Citation:
A. LeClair, “Affine lie algebras in massive field theory and form factors from vertex operators”, TMF, 98:3 (1994), 430–441; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 98:3 (1994), 297–305