Shifted vertex operator algebras and G-elliptic systems
\(G\)-elliptic systemshifted vertex operator algebrashifted vertex operator superalgebrastring path integral
Infinite-dimensional Lie (super)algebras (17B65) Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Feynman integrals and graphs; applications of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry (81Q30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)
The author extends his former results [String path integral realization of vertex operator algebras. Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 444 (1991; Zbl 0749.17029)]. Let \(L\) be a lattice of rank \(\ell\), \(L'\) its dual, \(\omega\in L'/L\) and \(c\in L\otimes \mathbb{R}\). The shifted Fock space \(V_{(\omega),c}\) is spanned by elements \(\varepsilon= \alpha (-n_ 1)\dots\alpha(-n_ N) e^{\lambda+c}\), where \(n_ i\in \mathbb{N}\), \(\lambda\in L+\omega\) and \(\alpha(-n)\) belongs to \({\mathfrak h}(n)=\) a copy of \(L\otimes\mathbb{C}\). A grading on \(V_{(\omega),c}\) is given by \(\deg(\varepsilon)=- n_ 1-\dots- n_ N+ {1\over 2} (\lambda+c)^ 2\). \(V_{(\omega),c}\) becomes a carrier space of the shifted vertex operator algebra of \(L\). The vertex operators \(T(v,\zeta)\) depend on \(v\in V_{(0)}\equiv V_{(0),0}\) and \(\zeta\in\mathbb{C} \setminus\{0\}\). Let \(b\in (L\otimes\mathbb{R})/L\) and \(c\in L\otimes\mathbb{R}\), \(\tau=\tau_ 1+ i\tau_ 2\in \mathbb{C}\), \(\tau_ 2>0\), and \(q=e^{2\pi i\tau}\). Set \(d=\deg-l/24\). Then the shifted \(q\)-character is defined as \(T_ \omega (b,c;\tau):= \text{Tr}_{V_{(\omega),c}} (bq^ d)\). It holds \[ \sum_ \omega | T_ \omega (b,c;\tau)|^ 2= \int_{\varphi:E_ \tau\to {\mathbf T}_ L} F_{b,c}(\varphi) (-1)^ \varphi e^{-l(\varphi)} [d\varphi]. \] The meaning of symbols in the path integral: \(E_ \tau= \mathbb{C}/(2\pi\mathbb{Z}+ 2\pi\tau\mathbb{Z})\) is an elliptic curve, \({\mathbf T}_ L= (L\otimes \mathbb{R})/2\pi L\) is a torus, \(l(\varphi)= (1/8\pi)\iint (\varphi_ x^ 2+ \varphi_ y^ 2) dx dy\), \((-1)^{S_{\alpha,\beta}}= (-1)^{\langle\alpha,\beta \rangle}\) for \(S_{\alpha,\beta} (x+iy)= \alpha(x-(\tau_ 1/\tau_ 2)y)+\beta (y/\tau_ 2)\) and \(\alpha,\beta\in L\), \(F_{b,c} (S_{\alpha, \beta})= e^{2\pi i\langle \alpha,b\rangle} e^{2\pi i\langle \beta,c\rangle}\). The modular transformation properties follow as a corollary. Similar results are valid also for the shifted vertex operator superalgebra associated with a polarized \(2l\)-dimensional space \(\mathcal A\). An isomorphism of this superalgebra with that related to the type \(D_l\) lattice is described (a generalized boson-fermion correspondence). A \(G\)-elliptic system \(\widehat{f}(g,h;\tau)\) [\textit{G. Mason}, Bull. Am. Math. Soc., New Ser. 25, 45--53 (1991; Zbl 0781.20013)] is obtained for any subgroup \(G\) of \(\text{SO}(l)\), with \(l\in 8\mathbb{Z}\).
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