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Gauged Kac-Moody algebras

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We construct a non-Abelian field theory by gauging a Kac-Moody algebra. One obtains an infinite tower of interacting vector fields and associated ghosts obeying slightly modified Feynman rules.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of California, 90024, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    A. C. Cadavid & R. J. Finkelstein

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Cadavid, A.C., Finkelstein, R.J. Gauged Kac-Moody algebras. Lett Math Phys 16, 279–285 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398966

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