Fusion algebra at a rational level and cohomology of nilpotent subalgebras of sl(2)

DOI10.1007/BF00762795MaRDI QIDQ1334972zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors B. Feigin, Fyodor Malikov

Publication date 26 September 1994

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9310004

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cohomology of Lie (super)algebras (17B56) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: We define and calculate the fusion algebra of WZW model at a rational level by cohomological methods. As a byproduct we obtain a cohomological characterization of admissible representations of $widehat{gtsl}_2$.

Review text

Here the authors consider the fusion algebra of a WZW model at a rational level by using cohomological methods. They obtain a cohomological characterization of admissible representations of \(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}(2)\).

Cites work

• Cohomology of some nilpotent subalgebras of the Virasoro and Kac-Moody Lie algebras
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