Morita classes of algebras in modular tensor categories (Q952409)

The authors aim to study the relation between Morita classes of algebras and their centers in a modular tensor category for the sake of conformal field theory (CFT). It has recently become clear that there is a close relationship between rational CFT and non-degenerate algebras in modular tensor categories, both in the Euclidean and the Minkowski formulation of CFT. In the Euclidean setting, the modular tensor category arises as the category of representations of a vertex operator algebra with certain additional properties, in which the non-degenerate algebra is an algebra of boundary fields. It is well known that the non-degenerate algebra and the rational vertex operator algebra uniquely determine a CFT, though its existence is another matter. An important question is whether two non-Morita-equivalent open-string vertex operator algebras can give rise to the same full field algebra or not -- in more physical terms -- whether there may exist several incompatible sets of boundary conditions for a given bulk CFT or not. The main result of this paper, which claims that two simple algebras with non-degenerate trace pairing are Morita-equivalent if and only if their full centers are isomorphic as algebras, implies that for a rational CFT, this can not happen.