Semi-infinite cohomology of W-algebras
P. Bouwknegt, J. McCarthy and K. Pilch
ADP-93-200/M15, USC-93-11, hep-th/9302086,
Lett. Math. Phys. 29 (1993) 91-102.

We generalize some of the standard homological techniques to $\cW$-algebras, and compute the semi-infinite cohomology of the $\cW_3$ algebra on a variety of modules. These computations provide physical states in $\cW_3$ gravity coupled to $\cW_3$ minimal models and to two free scalar fields.

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