Module category and \(C_2\)-cofiniteness of affine vertex operator superalgebras (Q2068169)

This paper is concerned with the study of the weight-one Lie superalgebra \(V_1\) inside vertex operator superalgebras \(V\) satisfying the \(C_2\)-cofiniteness condition, and with module categories of affine vertex operator superalgebras. The vertex operator superalgebras in this text are conformal, \((1/2)\mathbb{Z}\)-graded vertex superalgebras, but no relation between the grading and the parity is assumed. This convention includes, for example, affine vertex superalgebras, which are \(\mathbb{Z}\)-graded vertex operator superalgebras. The weight-one subspace \(V_1\) of a \(C_2\)-cofinite vertex operator superalgebra of strong CFT-type carries the structure of a Lie superalgebra. The first main result of the paper states that if a subalgebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) of \(V_1\) is a basic simple Lie superalgebra, then \(\mathfrak{g}\) is isomorphic to \(\mathfrak{osp}(1|2n)\), \(\mathfrak{sl}(1|n+1)\) or \(\mathfrak{osp}(2|2n)\) for \(n\in\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\). Moreover, it is shown that the subalgebra \(\langle\mathfrak{g}\rangle\) of \(V\) generated by such a \(\mathfrak{g}\) is isomorphic to the simple affine vertex operator superalgebra \(L_{\mathfrak{g}}(k,0)\) for some level \(k\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}\). Then, the authors study the module categories of some of these simple affine vertex operator superalgebras. They show that \(L_{\mathfrak{sl}(1|n+1)}(k,0)\) and \(L_{\mathfrak{osp}(2|2n)}(k,0)\) for \(k\in\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\) have infinitely many irreducible admissible modules. In particular, this shows the well-known fact that these vertex operator superalgebras are not \(C_2\)-cofinite. Finally, the authors study the simple affine vertex operator superalgebra \(L_{G(3)}(1,0)\) and show that the category of ordinary modules is semisimple (but \(L_{G(3)}(1,0)\) is not \(C_2\)-cofinite).