Factorizable ribbon quantum groups in logarithmic conformal field theories (Q949209)

The relation between quantum groups and conformal field theory has been formulated in the context of vertex-operator algebras as the Kazhdan-Lusztig correspondence [\textit{D. A. Kazhdan} and \textit{G. Lusztig}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 6, No. 905--947, 949--1011 (1993; Zbl 0786.17017)]. This correspondence originates from the observation that screening operators that commute with a given vertex-operator algebra generate a quantum group; more, the vertex-operator algebra and the quantum group are characterized by being each others commutant [vertex-operator algebra, quantum group], where each object in this relation allows reconstructing the other. These quantum groups at even roots of unity are not quasitriangular but are factorizable and have a ribbon structure; the modular group representation on their center coincides with the representation on generalized characters of the chiral algebra in logarithmic conformal field models.