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20242026
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6 papers

hep-th2026

The spectrum of the bosonic ambitwistor string revisited

José M. Figueroa-O'Farrill, Girish S. Vishwa

We revisit the calculation of the spectrum of the bosonic ambitwistor string, understood as the BRST cohomology or, equivalently, as the semi-infinite cohomology of the $\mathrm{BM…

math.RT2025

On the boundary Carrollian conformal algebra

Lucas Buzaglo, Xiao He, Tuan Anh Pham +3

We initiate the mathematical study of the boundary Carrollian conformal algebra (BCCA), an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra recently discovered in the context of Carrollian physics…

hep-th2025

Non-relativistic quantum strings from gauged WZW models

José M Figueroa-O'Farrill, Girish S Vishwa

We construct non-relativistic quantum strings from gauged Wess--Zumino--Witten (WZW) models. We depart from the fact that Lie groups with a bi-invariant galilean structure can be s…

hep-th2024

BMS-like algebras: canonical realisations and BRST quantisation

Carlos Batlle, José Figueroa-O'Farrill, Joaquim Gomis +1

We generalise BMS algebras in three dimensions by the introduction of an arbitrary real parameter , recovering the standard algebras (BMS, extended BMS and Weyl-BMS) for .…

math.RA2024

Central extensions, derivations, and automorphisms of semi-direct sums of the Witt algebra with its intermediate series modules

Lucas Buzaglo, Girish S. Vishwa

Lie algebras formed via semi-direct sums of the Witt algebra and its modules have become increasingly prominent in both physics and mathematics i…

hep-th2024

The BRST quantisation of chiral BMS-like field theories

José Figueroa-O'Farrill, Girish S Vishwa

The BMS Lie algebra belongs to a one-parameter family of Lie algebras obtained by centrally extending abelian extensions of the Witt algebra by a tensor density representation.…