EXACT STRING BACKGROUND FROM A WZW MODEL-BASED ON THE HEISENBERG-GROUP

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KEHAGIAS, AA
MEESSEN, PAA
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[1] Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Nijmegen, 6525 ED Nijmegen
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10.1016/0370-2693(94)90945-8
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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A WZW model for the non-semi-simple D-dimensional Heisenberg group, which directly generalizes the E2c group, is constructed. It is found to correspond to an D-dimensional string background of plane-wave type with physical Lorentz signature D - 2. Perturbative and non-perturbative considerations lead both to an integer central charge c=D.
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