An explicit construction of Wakimoto realizations of current algebras

Jan de Boer, Laszlo Feher

Published 1996-05-15, updated 1996-05-20Version 3

It is known from a work of Feigin and Frenkel that a Wakimoto type, generalized free field realization of the current algebra $\widehat{\cal G}_k$ can be associated with each parabolic subalgebra ${\cal P}=({\cal G}_0+{\cal G}_+)$ of the Lie algebra ${\cal G}$, where in the standard case ${\cal G}_0$ is the Cartan and ${\cal P}$ is the Borel subalgebra. In this letter we obtain an explicit formula for the Wakimoto realization in the general case. Using Hamiltonian reduction of the WZNW model, we first derive a Poisson bracket realization of the ${\cal G}$-valued current in terms of symplectic bosons belonging to ${\cal G}_+$ and a current belonging to ${\cal G}_0$. We then quantize the formula by determining the correct normal ordering. We also show that the affine-Sugawara stress-energy tensor takes the expected quadratic form in the constituents.