The tensor structure on the representation category of the W_p triplet algebra

From MaRDI portal
Publication:2863649



Abstract: We study the braided monoidal structure that the fusion product induces on the abelian category mathcalWp-mod, the category of representations of the triplet W-algebra mathcalWp. The mathcalWp-algebras are a family of vertex operator algebras that form the simplest known examples of symmetry algebras of logarithmic conformal field theories. We formalise the methods for computing fusion products, developed by Nahm, Gaberdiel and Kausch, that are widely used in the physics literature and illustrate a systematic approach to calculating fusion products in non-semi-simple representation categories. We apply these methods to the braided monoidal structure of mathcalWp-mod, previously constructed by Huang, Lepowsky and Zhang, to prove that this braided monoidal structure is rigid. The rigidity of mathcalWp-mod allows us to prove explicit formulae for the fusion product on the set of all simple and all projective mathcalWp-modules, which were first conjectured by Fuchs, Hwang, Semikhatov and Tipunin; and Gaberdiel and Runkel.


In this paper, the authors study the representation category of the triplet vertex algebra \(\mathcal{W}(p)\). The irreducible modules for \(\mathcal{W}(p)\) were classified in [\textit{D. Adamović} and \textit{A. Milas}, Adv. Math. 217, No. 6, 2664--2699 (2008; Zbl 1177.17017)]. In the paper under review, the authors use the methods for computing fusion products, developed by W. Nahm, M. Gaberdiel and H. Kausch, to calculate fusion products for \(\mathcal{W}(p)\)-modules. They present a result that the braided monoidal structure on the category of \(\mathcal{W}(p)\)-modules is rigid. They also prove explicit formulas for fusion products of all simple and all projective modules.




Cited in
(75)








This page was built for publication: The tensor structure on the representation category of the \(\mathcal {W}_p\) triplet algebra

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2863649)