D-E classification of the local extensions of \(SU_ 2\) current algebras (Q1326811)

The known classification (Capelli et al., 1987) of modular invariant partition functions in conformal field theory, putting them in correspondence with simply laced Lie algebras \(A_{k+1}\), \(D_{k/2+2}\) and \(E_ 6\), \(E_ 7\), \(E_ 8\), is shown to be useful for the description of local extensions of the chiral current algebra \(A_ k\). By analyzing rational solutions of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation for the 4-point function of an \(A_ k\)-primary field, the necessary conditions are given for these fields to be local with respect to themselves. These conditions imply that all the local extensions \(A_ k\) can be associated with \(D\)-even and \(E\)-even series of the ADE- classification.