3-MANIFOLD INVARIANTS FROM COSETS (Q4664074)

This interesting paper is a continuation of authors previous work on modular tensor categories (MTCs) and 3-manifold invariants. The whole subject started by Witten's construction of Jones polynomial in the framework of operator algebras. Later, Jones polynomial was constructed via quantum groups (Reshetikin-Turaev). At the level of modular tensor categories this is well-understood: tensor categories obtained from WZW models are equivalent to those of quantum groups at certain roots of unity. It is a very difficult problem to check all the axioms of (unitary) MTC even for a very simple model (e.g., the Ising model). In tha paper under review the author does exactly this. He considers a class of unitary CFTs that arise from certain cosets. He then uses the theory of subfactors and von Neumann algebras to construct MTCs. Finally, he computes the corresponding 3-manifold invariants. The results are too technical to be presented here.