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Ordinary modules for vertex algebras of $\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n}$

Representation Theory 2024-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We show that the affine vertex superalgebra Vk(osp12n)V^k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n}) at generic level kk embeds in the equivariant W\mathcal W-algebra of sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n} times 4n4n free fermions. This has two corollaries: (1) it provides a new proof that for generic kk, the coset Com(Vk(sp2n),Vk(osp12n))\text{Com}(V^k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}), V^k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n})) is isomorphic to W(sp2n)\mathcal W^\ell(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) for =(n+1)+k+n+12k+2n+1\ell = -(n+1) + \frac{k+n+1}{2k+2n+1}, and (2) we obtain the decomposition of ordinary Vk(osp12n)V^k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n})-modules into Vk(sp2n)W(sp2n)V^k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) \otimes \mathcal W^\ell(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n})-modules. Next, if kk is an admissible level and \ell is a non-degenerate admissible level for sp2n\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}, we show that the simple algebra Lk(osp12n)L_k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n}) is an extension of the simple subalgebra Lk(sp2n)W(sp2n)L_k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}) \otimes {\mathcal W}_{\ell}(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}). Using the theory of vertex superalgebra extensions, we prove that the category of ordinary Lk(osp12n)L_k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n})-modules is a semisimple, rigid vertex tensor supercategory with only finitely many inequivalent simple objects. It is equivalent to a certain subcategory of W(sp2n)\mathcal W_\ell(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n})-modules. A similar result also holds for the category of Ramond twisted modules. Due to a recent theorem of Robert McRae, we get as a corollary that categories of ordinary Lk(sp2n)L_k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n})-modules are rigid.

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@article{arxiv.2203.08188,
  title  = {Ordinary modules for vertex algebras of $\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n}$},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig and Naoki Genra and Andrew Linshaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.08188},
  year   = {2024}
}

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