Abstract:
We consider the theory of multicomponent free massless fermions in two dimensions and use it to construct representations of $W$-algebras at integer Virasoro central charges. We define the vertex operators in this theory in terms of solutions of the corresponding isomonodromy problem. We use this construction to obtain some new insights into tau functions of the multicomponent Toda-type hierarchies for the class of solutions given by the isomonodromy vertex operators and to obtain a useful representation for tau functions of isomonodromic deformations.
Keywords:
two-dimensional conformal field theory, $W$-algebra, isomonodromic deformation.
This paper was prepared within the framework of a subsidy granted to the National Research University Higher School of
Economics by the Government of the Russian Federation for the implementation of the Global Competitiveness Program.
The research of P. G. Gavrylenko was supported by a joint Ukrainian–Russian project (NASU-RFBR Project No. 01-01-14), a joint NASU-CNRS project (Project No. F14-2015), and a “Young Russian Mathematics” stipend.
The research of A. V. Marshakov was supported by a joint Ukrainian–Russian project (NASU-RFBR Project No. 14-01-90405), the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No.-15-01-99504), a joint RFBR/JSPS project (Project No. 15-51-50034), and the Program for Supporting Leading Scientific Schools (Grant No. NSh-1500.2014.2).
Citation:
P. G. Gavrilenko, A. V. Marshakov, “Free fermions, $W$-algebras, and isomonodromic deformations”, TMF, 187:2 (2016), 232–262; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 187:2 (2016), 649–677