K-theory associated to vertex operator algebras

DOI10.4310/MRL.2004.V11.N5.A7MaRDI QIDQ1769977zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Chongying Dong, Xiaonan Ma, Jian Zhou, Kefeng Liu

Publication date 5 April 2005

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0403547

zbMATH Keywords

associative algebratopological \(K\)-theoryvertex operator algebras

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) (K_0) of other rings (19A49) Geometric applications of topological (K)-theory (19L64)

Abstract: We introduce two $K$-theories, one for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of vertex operator algebras, another for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of associative algebras. We verify the cohomological properties of these $K$-theories, and construct a natural homomorphism from the VOA K-theory to the associative algebra K-theory.

Review text

From the introduction: The theory of vertex operator algebras has been very much developed in the last eighteen years. Playing important roles in the study of elliptic genus and Witten genus, the highest weight representations of Heisenberg and affine Kac-Moody algebras provide important examples of vertex operator algebras. The purpose of this article is to introduce two new \(K\)-theories, one for vector bundles of modules of vertex operator algebras, and a \(K\)-theory for vector bundles whose fibers are modules of associative algebras. Following the construction of topological \(K\)-theory by Atiyah, the authors verify cohomological properties of the two new \(K\)-groups to get exact squences. They also construct a natural homomorphism from the vertex operator algebra \(K\)-group to the associative algebra \(K\)-group when the associative algebra is the Zhu's algebra of the vertex operator algebra.

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