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A general mirror equivalence theorem for coset vertex operator algebras

Quantum Algebra 2024-09-17 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We prove a general mirror duality theorem for a subalgebra UU of a simple conformal vertex algebra AA and its commutant V=ComA(U)V=\mathrm{Com}_A(U). Specifically, we assume that AiIUiViA\cong\bigoplus_{i\in I} U_i\otimes V_i as a UVU\otimes V-module, where the UU-modules UiU_i are simple and distinct and are objects of a semisimple braided ribbon category of UU-modules, and the VV-modules ViV_i are semisimple and contained in a (not necessarily rigid) braided tensor category of VV-modules. We also assume U=ComA(V)U=\mathrm{Com}_A(V). Under these conditions, we construct a braid-reversed tensor equivalence τ:UAVA\tau: \mathcal{U}_A\rightarrow\mathcal{V}_A, where UA\mathcal{U}_A is the semisimple category of UU-modules with simple objects UiU_i, iIi\in I, and VA\mathcal{V}_A is the category of VV-modules whose objects are finite direct sums of the ViV_i. In particular, the VV-modules ViV_i are simple and distinct, and VA\mathcal{V}_A is a rigid tensor category. As an application, we find a rigid semisimple tensor subcategory of modules for the Virasoro algebra at central charge 13+6p+6p113+6p+6p^{-1}, pZ2p\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 2}, which is braided tensor equivalent to an abelian 33-cocycle twist of the category of finite-dimensional sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2-modules. Consequently, the Virasoro vertex operator algebra at central charge 13+6p+6p113+6p+6p^{-1} is the PSL2(C)PSL_2(\mathbb{C})-fixed-point subalgebra of a simple conformal vertex algebra W(p)\mathcal{W}(-p), analogous to the realization of the Virasoro vertex operator algebra at central charge 136p6p113-6p-6p^{-1} as the PSL2(C)PSL_2(\mathbb{C})-fixed-point subalgebra of the triplet algebra W(p)\mathcal{W}(p).

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@article{arxiv.2107.06577,
  title  = {A general mirror equivalence theorem for coset vertex operator algebras},
  author = {Robert McRae},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06577},
  year   = {2024}
}

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54 pages; final version, to appear in Science China Mathematics