Many Boson Realizations of Universal Nonlinear $W_{\infty}$-Algebras

Abstract

An infinite number of free field realizations of the universal nonlinear $\hat{W}_{\infty}^{(N)}$ ($\hat{W}_{1+\infty}^{(N)}$) algebras, which are identical to the KP Hamiltonian structures, are obtained in terms of $p$ plus $q$ scalars of different signatures with $p-q=N$. They are generalizations of the Miura transformation, and naturally give rise to the modified KP hierarchies via corresponding realizations of the latter. Their characteristic Lie-algebraic origin is shown to be the graded $SL(p,q)$.