Hecke transformations of conformal blocks in WZW theory. I: KZB equations for non-trivial bundles (Q352420)

The \textit{V. G. Knizhnik} and \textit{A. B. Zamolodchikov} (KZB) equations [Nuc. Phys. B 309, 145--174 (1988), Nucl. Phys. B 303, 77--93 (1988), Nucl. Phys. B 247, No. 1, 83--103 (1984; Zbl 0661.17020)] are a system of differential equations for conformal blocks in a conformal field theory. The aim of this paper is to construct explicitly the KZB connections in all sectors of conformal blocks for the WZW theory defined on elliptic curves. The compatibility conditions (horizontality of the KZB connection) are verified explicitly. The authors describe new families of the (KZB) equations related to the WZW-theory corresponding to the adjoint \(G\)-bundles of different topological types over complex curves \(\sum_{g;n}\) of genus \(g\) with \(n\) marked points. The bundles are defined by their characteristic classes elements of \(H^2(\sum_{g;n};\mathcal{Z}(G))\), where \(\mathcal{Z}(G)\) is a center of the simple complex Lie group \(G\). The KZB equations are the horizontality condition for the projectively flat connection (the KZB connection) defined on the bundle of conformal blocks over the moduli space of curves. The space of conformal blocks has been known to be decomposed into a few sectors corresponding to the characteristic classes of the underlying bundles. The KZB connection preserves these sectors. In this paper thre authors construct the connection explicitly for elliptic curves with marked points and prove its flatness.