The classification of chiral WZW models by H^4_+(BG,Z)

DOI10.1090/CONM/695/13998zbMATH Open1430.17086arXiv1602.02968OpenAlexW2789204230MaRDI QIDQ4635310FDOQ4635310

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Publication date: 16 April 2018

Published in: Contemporary Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We axiomatize the defining properties of chiral WZW models. We show that such models are in almost bijective correspondence with pairs $(G,k)$, where $G$ is a connected Lie group and $kin{H}_{+}^4(BG,mathbbZ)$ is a degree four cohomology class subject to a certain positivity condition. We find a couple extra models which satisfy all the defining properties of chiral WZW models, but which don't come from pairs $(G,k)$ as above. The simplest such model is the simple current extension of the affine VOA $E_{8}imes{E}_8$ at level $(2,2)$ by the group $mathbb{Z}_2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.02968

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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