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$N=1$ super Virasoro tensor categories

Quantum Algebra 2026-01-23 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

We show that the category of C1C_1-cofinite modules for the universal N=1N=1 super Virasoro vertex operator superalgebra S(c,0)\mathcal{S}(c,0) at any central charge cc is locally finite and admits the vertex algebraic braided tensor category structure of Huang-Lepowsky-Zhang. For central charges cns(t)=1523(t+t1)c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(t)=\frac{15}{2}-3(t+t^{-1}) with tQt\notin\mathbb{Q}, we show that this tensor category is semisimple, rigid, and slightly degenerate, and we determine its fusion rules. For central charge cns(1)=32c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(1)=\frac{3}{2}, we show that this tensor category is rigid and that its simple modules have the same fusion rules as Reposp(12)\mathrm{Rep}\,\mathfrak{osp}(1\vert 2), in agreement with earlier fusion rule calculations of Milas. Finally, for the remaining central charges cns(t)c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(t) with tQ×t\in \mathbb{Q}^\times, we show that the simple S(cns(t),0)\mathcal{S}(c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(t),0)-module S2,2\mathcal{S}_{2,2} of lowest conformal weight h2,2ns(t)=3(t1)28th^{\mathfrak{ns}}_{2,2}(t)=\frac{3(t-1)^2}{8t} is rigid and self-dual, except possibly when t±1t^{\pm 1} is a negative integer or when cns(t)c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(t) is the central charge of a rational N=1N=1 superconformal minimal model. As S2,2\mathcal{S}_{2,2} is expected to generate the category of C1C_1-cofinite S(cns(t),0)\mathcal{S}(c^{\mathfrak{ns}}(t),0)-modules under fusion, rigidity of S2,2\mathcal{S}_{2,2} is the first key step to proving rigidity of this category for general tQ×t\in\mathbb{Q}^\times.

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@article{arxiv.2412.18127,
  title  = {$N=1$ super Virasoro tensor categories},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig and Robert McRae and Florencia Orosz Hunziker and Jinwei Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18127},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Minor revisions for clarity and references updated. Final version, to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics

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