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The “current algebras” of elementary particle physics and quantum field theory are interpreted as infinite dimensional Lie algebras of a certain definite kind. The possibilities of algebraic structure and certain types of representations of these algebras by differential operators on manifolds are investigated, in a tentative way. The Sugawara model is used as a typical example. A general differential geometric method (involving jet spaces) for defining currents associated with classical field theories is presented. In connection with the abstract definition of current algebras as modules, a purely module-theoretic definition of a “differential operator” is presented and its properties are studied.
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Hermann, R. (1970). Infinite dimensional Lie algebras and current algebra. In: Goldin, G.A., et al. Group Representations in Mathematics and Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-05310-7_32
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