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OPE Kac-Moody Currents

We have the following operators: \begin{align} J^a(z) = \frac{1}{2}\psi_s^{\dagger}(z)\sigma^a_{s s'}\psi_{s'}(z), \hspace{10 mm} \bar{J}^a(z) = \frac{1}{2}\psi_s^{\dagger}(\bar{z})\sigma^a_{s s'}\...
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Half Witt algebra

I have the following Lie algebra which is generated by $\{L_n|n\geq 0\}.$ It satisfies the following commutation rule $$ \Big[ L_i ,L_j \Big]=\frac18 \frac{(2i+2j-1)(2j-2i)}{(2j+1)(2i+1)}L_{i+j-1}-\...
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Free Field Realization of Current Algebras and its Hilbert space

I have some conceptual confusion regarding the interplay between current algebras, their free field representation and the Hilbert space generated from it. Let's sketch a simple example, $\mathfrak{...
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Kac-Moody algebra, proof of parameters calculation

I'm following the notes "Ginsparg - Applied Conformal Field Theory" (https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9108028) and I'm stuck on a proof at page 140 about Kac-Moody algebras. I would like to prove that $\...
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