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Classification of Unitary RCFTs with Two Primaries and Central Charge Less Than 25

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-04-04 v3 Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

We classify all two-dimensional, unitary, rational conformal field theories with two primaries, central charge c<25c<25, and arbitrary Wronskian index. In mathematical parlance, we classify all strongly regular vertex operator algebras (VOAs) with central charge c<25c<25 and exactly two simple modules. We find that any such theory is either one of the Mathur-Mukhi-Sen (MMS) theories A1,1\mathsf{A}_{1,1}, G2,1\mathsf{G}_{2,1}, F4,1\mathsf{F}_{4,1}, or E7,1\mathsf{E}_{7,1}, or it is a coset of a chiral algebra with one primary operator (also known as a holomorphic VOA) by such an MMS theory. By leveraging existing results on the classification of holomorphic VOAs, we are able to explicitly enumerate all of the aforementioned cosets and compute their characters. This leads to 123 theories, most of which are new. We emphasize that our work is a bona fide classification of RCFTs, not just of characters. Our techniques are general, and we argue that they offer a promising strategy for classifying chiral algebras with low central charge beyond two primaries.

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@article{arxiv.2208.05486,
  title  = {Classification of Unitary RCFTs with Two Primaries and Central Charge Less Than 25},
  author = {Sunil Mukhi and Brandon C. Rayhaun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.05486},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

62 pages, 7 tables, 1 figure. Several typos corrected. References updated