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Affine vertex operator superalgebra $L_{\hat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0)$ at boundary admissible level

Representation Theory 2026-05-06 v2

Abstract

Let Lsl(21)^(k,0)L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0) be the simple affine vertex operator superalgebra associated to the affine Lie superalgebra sl(21)^\widehat{sl(2|1)} with admissible level k\mathcal{k}. We conjecture that Lsl(21)^(k,0)L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0) is rational in the category O\mathcal{O} at boundary admissible level k\mathcal{k} and there are finitely many irreducible weak Lsl(21)^(k,0)L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0)-modules in the category O\mathcal{O}, where the irreducible modules are exactly the admissible modules of level k\mathcal{k} for sl(21)^\widehat{sl(2|1)}. In this paper, we first prove this conjecture at boundary admissible level 12-\frac{1}{2}. Then we give an example to show that outside of the boudary levels, Lsl(21)^(k,0)L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0) is not rational in the category O\mathcal{O}. Furthermore, we consider the Q\mathbb{Q}-graded vertex operator superalgebras (Lsl(21)^(k,0),ωξ)(L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0),\omega_\xi) associated to a family of new Virasoro elements ωξ\omega_\xi, where 0<ξ<10<\xi<1 is a rational number. We determine the Zhu's algebra Aωξ(Lsl(21)^(12,0))A_{\omega_\xi}(L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(-\frac{1}{2},0)) of (Lsl(21)^(12,0),ωξ)(L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(-\frac{1}{2},0),\omega_\xi) and prove that (Lsl(21)^(12,0),ωξ)(L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(-\frac{1}{2},0),\omega_\xi) is rational and C2C_2-cofinite. Finally, we consider the case of non-boundary admissible level 12\frac{1}{2} to support our conjecture, that is, we show that there are infinitely many irreducible weak Lsl(21)^(12,0)L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\frac{1}{2},0)-modules in the category O\mathcal{O} and (Lsl(21)^(12,0),ωξ)(L_{\widehat{sl(2|1)}}(\frac{1}{2},0),\omega_\xi) is not rational.

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@article{arxiv.2510.00679,
  title  = {Affine vertex operator superalgebra $L_{\hat{sl(2|1)}}(\mathcal{k},0)$ at boundary admissible level},
  author = {Huaimin Li and Qing Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.00679},
  year   = {2026}
}

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