On the semisimplicity of the category KL_k for affine Lie superalgebras

Abstract: We study the semisimplicity of the category

K L_{k}

for affine Lie superalgebras and provide a super analog of certain results from arXiv:1801.09880. Let

K L_{k}^{f i n}

be the subcategory of

K L_{k}

consisting of ordinary modules on which the Cartan subalgebra acts semisimply. We prove that

K L_{k}^{f i n}

is semisimple when 1)

k

is a collapsing level, 2)

W_{k} (m a t h f r a k g, h e t a)

is rational, 3)

W_{k} (m a t h f r a k g, h e t a)

is semisimple in a certain category. The analysis of the semisimplicity of

K L_{k}

is subtler than in the Lie algebra case, since in super case

K L_{k}

can contain indecomposable modules. We are able to prove that in many cases when

K L_{k}^{f i n}

is semisimple we indeed have

K L_{k}^{f i n} = K L_{k}

, which therefore excludes indecomposable and logarithmic modules in

K L_{k}

. In these cases we are able to prove that there is a conformal embedding

W h o o k r i g h t a r r o w V_{k} (m a t h f r a k g)

with

W

semisimple (see Section 10). In particular, we prove the semisimplicity of

K L_{k}

for

m a t h f r a k g = s l (2 v e r t 1)

and

k = - f r a c m + 1 m + 2

,

m i n {m a t h b b Z}_{g e 0}

. For

m a t h f r a k g = s l (m v e r t 1)

, we prove that

K L_{k}

is semisimple for

k = - 1

, but for

k = 1

we show that it is not semisimple by constructing indecomposable highest weight modules in

K L_{k}^{f i n}

.

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