 Self-dual circle current algebra

At $R=\sqrt{{\alpha }^{\prime }}$, a chiral compact boson has operator product expansion $Y_L(z)Y_L(w)\sim -{\alpha }^{\prime }\log (z-w)/2$. The currents $J^3=i\partial Y_L/\sqrt{{\alpha }^{\prime }}$ and $J^{\pm }=:e^{\pm 2i{Y}_L/\sqrt{{\alpha }^{\prime }}}:$ have conformal weight one. Contractions give $J^3(z)J^3(w)\sim 1/[2(z-w{)}^2]$, $J^3(z)J^{\pm }(w)\sim \pm J^{\pm }(w)/(z-w)$ and $J^{+}(z)J^{-}(w)\sim 1/(z-w{)}^2+2J^3(w)/(z-w)$. These are the level-one SU(2) Lie algebra currents. The right-moving copy supplies a second factor. Combining a current with a noncompact coordinate derivative gives a massless string vertex operator for each of the six vectors; four are additional to the generic two Cartan vectors.