W Gravity From Chern--Simons Theory
Abstract
Starting with three dimensional Chern--Simons theory with gauge group Sl(N,R), we derive an action Scov invariant under both left and right WN transformations. We give an interpretation of Scov in terms of anomalies, and discuss its relation with Toda theory.
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