Constructions of vertex operator coalgebras via vertex operator algebras

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2005.04.010MaRDI QIDQ2581398zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Keith Hubbard

Publication date 10 January 2006

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406035

zbMATH Keywords

Heisenberg algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69)

Abstract: The notion of vertex operator coalgebra is presented which corresponds to the family of correlation functions of one string propagating in space-time splitting into n strings in conformal field theory. This notion is in some sense dual to the notion of vertex operator algebra. We prove that any vertex operator algebra equipped with a non-degenerate, Virasoro preserving, bilinear form gives rise to a corresponding vertex operator coalgebra.

Review text

The author presents the notion of vertex operator coalgebra, which is dual to the notion of vertex operator algebra. Moreover the author constructs a large family of vertex operator coalgebras based on certain vertex operator algebras. The notion of vertex operator coalgebra is motivated by the geometric meanings of vertex operator algebra due to \textit{Y.-Z. Huang} [``Two-dimensional conformal geometry and vertex operator algebras Progress in Math. Vol. 148 Boston, MA: Birkhäuser. Boston, MA (1997; Zbl 0884.17021)] and the operadic formulation of vertex operator algebra by \textit{Y.-Z. Huang} and \textit{J. Lepowsky} [Contemp. Math. 175, 131--148 (1994; Zbl 0848.17030)]. A vertex operator algebra is a \(\mathbb{Z}\)-graded vector space \(V\) with a linear map \(Y(\cdot,x)\): \(V\to(\text{End}\,V)[[x,x^{-1}]]\) which satisfies a set of axioms, while a vertex operator coalgebra is a \(\mathbb{Z}\)-graded vector space \(V\) with linear maps \(Y^\vee(x):V\to(V\otimes V)[[x,x^{-1}]]\) which satisfies a set of axioms adjoint to that of vertex operator algebra. Let \((V,Y)\) be a vertex operator algebra which possesses a nondegenerate, Virasoro preserving bilinear form \((\cdot,\cdot)\). It is shown that the vector space \(V\) with the linear maps \(Y^\vee(x):V\to(V \otimes V)[[x,x^{-1}]]\) defined by \((Y^\vee(x)u,v\otimes w)=(u,Y(v,x) w)\) is a vertex operator coalgebra, where \((u_1\otimes u_2,v_1\otimes v_2)=(u_1,v_1)(u_2,v_2)\) for \(u_1,u_2,v_1,v_2\in V\). As an example, the case for the vertex operator algebra associated to a Heisenberg algebra is discussed in detail.

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