Unphysical diagonal modular invariants

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2015.09.007zbMATH Open1330.18011arXiv1412.8505OpenAlexW2963312201MaRDI QIDQ891647FDOQ891647

Authors: Alexei Davydov 

Publication date: 17 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A modular invariant for a chiral conformal field theory is physical if there is a full conformal field theory with the given chiral halves realising the modular invariant. The easiest modular invariants are the charge conjugation and the diagonal modular invariants. While the charge conjugation modular invariant is always physical there are examples of chiral CFTs for which the diagonal modular invariant is not physical. Here we give (in group theoretical terms) a necessary and sufficient condition for diagonal modular invariants of $G$-orbifolds of holomorphic conformal field theories to be physical. Mathematically a physical modular invariant is an invariant of a Lagrangian algebra in the product of (chiral) modular categories. The chiral modular category of a $G$-orbifold of a holomorphic conformal field theory is the so-called (twisted) Drinfeld centre $calZ(G,alpha)$ of the finite group $G$. We show that the diagonal modular invariant for $calZ(G)$ is physical if and only if the group $G$ has a {em double class inverting} automorphism, that is an automorphism $phi:GoG$ with the property that for any commuting $x,yinG$ there is $ginG$ such that $phi(x)=g{x}^{-1}{g}^{-1},phi(y)=g{y}^{-1}{g}^{-1}.$ Groups without double class inverting automorphisms are abundant and provide examples of chiral conformal field theories for which the diagonal modular invariant is unphysical.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.8505

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zbMATH Keywords

braided fusion categoriesmodular invariantsclass-inverting automorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

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