A Current Algebra for Some Gauge Theory Amplitudes

Authors

V. Parameswaran Nair, City College of New YorkFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-17-1988

Abstract

The classical amplitude for scattering of two positive helicity and n-2 negative helicity (or the other way) gauge bosons is shown to be generated by a Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) model for N= 4 supersymmetric gauge theory; i.e. the current algebra of the WZW model (with central charge k= 1 ) gives a Kac-Moody algebra as the symmetry behind these amplitudes.