On classification of extremal non-holomorphic conformal field theories

DOI10.1088/1751-8121/AA59CDzbMATH Open1362.81086arXiv1611.04071OpenAlexW3105444589MaRDI QIDQ2979701FDOQ2979701

Authors: Zhenghan Wang, James E. Tener 

Publication date: 26 April 2017

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Rational chiral conformal field theories are organized according to their genus, which consists of a modular tensor category $mathcalC$ and a central charge $c$. A long-term goal is to classify unitary rational conformal field theories based on a classification of unitary modular tensor categories. We conjecture that for any unitary modular tensor category $mathcalC$, there exists a unitary chiral conformal field theory $V$ so that its modular tensor category $mathcal{C}_V$ is $mathcalC$. In this paper, we initiate a mathematical program in and around this conjecture. We define a class of extremal vertex operator algebras with minimal conformal dimensions as large as possible for their central charge, and non-trivial representation theory. We show that there are finitely many different characters of extremal vertex operator algebras V possessing at most three different irreducible modules. Moreover, we list all of the possible characters for such vertex operator algebras with $c$ at most 48.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04071

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorymodular tensor categoryvertex operatora algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Applications of Lie (super)algebras to physics, etc. (17B81) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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