Chiral determinant formulae and subsingular vectors for the N=2 superconformal algebras

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00473-2zbMATH Open0973.81517arXivhep-th/9706041MaRDI QIDQ1367554FDOQ1367554

Authors: Beatriz Gato-Rivera, J. Rosado 

Publication date: 24 September 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive conjectures for the N=2 "chiral" determinant formulae of the Topological algebra, the Antiperiodic NS algebra, and the Periodic R algebra, corresponding to incomplete Verma modules built on chiral topological primaries, chiral and antichiral NS primaries, and Ramond ground states, respectively. Our method is based on the analysis of the singular vectors in chiral Verma modules and their spectral flow symmetries, together with some computer exploration and some consistency checks. In addition, and as a consequence, we uncover the existence of subsingular vectors in these algebras, giving examples (subsingular vectors are non-highest-weight null vectors which are not descendants of any highest-weight singular vectors).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9706041

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zbMATH Keywords

topological algebraantiperiodic Neveu Schwarz algebrahighest weight singular vectorsincomplete Verma modulesperiodic Ramond algebraRamond ground statesspectral flow symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) 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)

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