On the uniqueness of diffeomorphism symmetry in conformal field theory

DOI10.1007/S00220-005-1335-4zbMATH Open1079.81060arXivmath/0407190OpenAlexW3103258450MaRDI QIDQ2575371FDOQ2575371

Sebastiano Carpi, Mihály Weiner

Publication date: 9 December 2005

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

Abstract: A Moebius covariant net of von Neumann algebras on S^1 is diffeomorphism covariant if its Moebius symmetry extends to diffeomorphism symmetry. We prove that in case the net is either a Virasoro net or any at least 4-regular net such an extension is unique: the local algebras together with the Moebius symmetry (equivalently: the local algebras together with the vacuum vector) completely determine it. We draw the two following conclusions for such theories. (1) The value of the central charge c is an invariant and hence the Virasoro nets for different values of c are not isomorphic as Moebius covariant nets. (2) A vacuum preserving internal symmetry always commutes with the diffeomorphism symmetries. We further use our result to give a large class of new examples of nets (even strongly additive ones), which are not diffeomorphism covariant; i.e. which do not admit an extension of the symmetry to Diff^+(S^1).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407190

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) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10)

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