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Modularity of Bershadsky-Polyakov minimal models

Quantum Algebra 2022-10-14 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

The Bershadsky-Polyakov algebras are the original examples of nonregular W-algebras, obtained from the affine vertex operator algebras associated with sl3\mathfrak{sl}_3 by quantum hamiltonian reduction. In [arXiv:2007.03917], we explored the representation theories of the simple quotients of these algebras when the level k\mathsf{k} is nondegenerate-admissible. Here, we combine these explorations with Adamovi\'{c}'s inverse quantum hamiltonian reduction functors to study the modular properties of Bershadsky-Polyakov characters and deduce the associated Grothendieck fusion rules. The results are not dissimilar to those already known for the affine vertex operator algebras associated with sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2, except that the role of the Virasoro minimal models in the latter is here played by the minimal models of Zamolodchikov's W3\mathsf{W}_3 algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2110.10336,
  title  = {Modularity of Bershadsky-Polyakov minimal models},
  author = {Zachary Fehily and David Ridout},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.10336},
  year   = {2022}
}

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37 pages, 1 figure

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