Exact string background from a WZW model based on the Heisenberg group

Abstract

A WZW model for the non-semi-simple D-dimensional Heisenberg group, which directly generalizes the E_{2}^{c} 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.

9 pages, LATEX, THEF-NYM 94.2

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