Fusion in coset CFT from admissible singular-vector decoupling

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00674-XMaRDI QIDQ1594765zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Pierre Mathieu, Jørgen Rasmussen, Mark A. Walton

Publication date 6 February 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0007088

zbMATH Keywords

Wess-Zumino-Witten modelsVirasoro minimal modelsfractional level

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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: Fusion rules for Wess-Zumino-Witten (WZW) models at fractional level can be defined in two ways, with distinct results. The Verlinde formula yields fusion coefficients that can be negative. These signs cancel in coset fusion rules, however. On the other hand, the fusion coefficients calculated from decoupling of singular vectors are non-negative. They produce incorrect coset fusion rules, however, when factorisation is assumed. Here we give two prescriptions that yield the correct coset fusion rules from those found for the WZW models by the decoupling method. We restrict to the Virasoro minimal models for simplicity, and because decoupling results are only complete in the $su(2)$ case.

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