Algebraic coset conformal field theories.

DOI10.1007/S002200050800zbMATH Open1040.81085arXivmath/9810035OpenAlexW3102177514MaRDI QIDQ1581646FDOQ1581646

Authors: Feng Xu 

Publication date: 8 October 2000

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: All unitary Rational Conformal Field Theories (RCFT) are conjectured to be related to unitary coset Conformal Field Theories, i.e., gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) models with compact gauge groups. In this paper we use subfactor theory and ideas of algebraic quantum field theory to approach coset Conformal Field Theories. Two conjectures are formulated and their consequences are discussed. Some results are presented which prove the conjectures in special cases. In particular, one of the results states that a class of representations of coset $W_N$ ($Ngeq3$) algebras with critical parameters are irreducible, and under the natural compositions (Connes' fusion), they generate a finite dimensional fusion ring whose structure constants are completely determined, thus proving a long-standing conjecture about the representations of these algebras.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9810035

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Subfactors and their classification (46L37) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60)

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