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E. Ivanov

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Boussinesq-type equations from nonlinear realizations of $W_3$

We construct new coset realizations of infinite-dimensional linear $W_3^{\infty}$ symmetry associated with Zamolodchikov's $W_3$ algebra which are different from the previously explored $sl_3$ Toda realization of $W_3^{\infty}$. We deduce the Boussinesq and modified Boussinesq equations as constraints on the geometry of the corresponding coset manifolds.The main characteristic features of these realizations are:i. Among the coset parameters there are the space and time coordinates $x$ and $t$ which enter the Boussinesq equations, all other coset parameters are regarded as fields depending on these coordinates;ii. The spin 2 and 3 currents of $W_3$ and two spin 1 $U(1)$ Kac- Moody currents as well as two spin 0 fields related to the $W_3$currents via Miura maps, come out as the only essential parameters-fields of these cosets. The remaining coset fields are covariantly expressed through them;iii.The Miura maps get a new geometric interpretation as $W_3^{\infty}$ covariant constraints which relate the above fields while passing from one coset manifold to another; iv. The Boussinesq equation and two kinds of the modified Boussinesq equations appear geometrically as the dynamical constraints accomplishing $W_3^{\infty}$ covariant reductions of original coset manifolds to their two-dimensional geodesic submanifolds;v. The zero-curvature representations for these equations arise automatically as a consequence of the covariant reduction. The approach proposed could provide a universal geometric description of the relationship between $W$-type algebras and integrable hierarchies.

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Twistor-like superstrings with D = 3, 4, 6 target-superspace and N = (1,0), (2,0), (4,0) world-sheet supersymmetry

We construct a manifestly $N=(4,0)$ world-sheet supersymmetric twistor-like formulation of the $D=6$ Green-Schwarz superstring, using the principle of double (target-space and world-sheet) Grassmann analyticity. The superstring action contains two Lagrange multiplier terms and a Wess-Zumino term. They are written down in the analytic subspace of the world-sheet harmonic $N=(4,0)$ superspace, the target manifold being too an analytic subspace of the harmonic $D=6\;\; N=1$ superspace. The kappa symmetry of the $D=6$ superstring is identified with a Kac-Moody extension of the world-sheet $N=(4,0)$ superconformal symmetry. It can be enlarged to include the whole world-sheet reparametrization group if one introduces the appropriate gauge Beltrami superfield into the action. To illustrate the basic features of the new $D=6$ superstring construction, we first give some details about the simpler (already known) twistor-like formulations of $D=3, N=(1,0)$ and $D=4, N=(2,0)$ superstrings.

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Superfield Realizations of $N=2$ Super-$W_3$

We present a manifestly $N=2$ supersymmetric formulation of $N=2$ super-$W_3$ algebra (its classical version) in terms of the spin 1 and spin 2 supercurrents. Two closely related types of the Feigin-Fuchs representation for these supercurrents are found: via two chiral spin $\frac{1}{2}$ superfields generating $N=2$ extended $U(1)$ Kac-Moody algebras and via two free chiral spin 0 superfields. We also construct a one-parameter family of $N=2$ super Boussinesq equations for which $N=2$ super-$W_3$ provides the second hamiltonian structure.

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Nonlinear realizations of $W_3$ symmetry

We deduce the $sl_{3}$ Toda realization of classical $W_3$ symmetry on two scalar fields in a geometric way, proceeding from a nonlinear realization of some associate higher-spin symmetry $W_{3}^{\infty}$. The Toda equations are recognized as the constraints singling out a two-dimensional fully geodesic subspace in the initial coset space of $W_{3}^{\infty}$. The proposed geometric approach can be extended to other nonlinear algebras and integrable systems.

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