Rational and non-rational two-dimensional conformal field theories arising from lattices
Abstract
For a (finite-dimensional) real Hilbert space and an orthogonal projection , we consider the associated Heisenberg Lie algebra and the two-dimensional Heisenberg conformal net. Given an even lattice in with respect to the indefinite bilinear form on defined by , we construct a two-dimensional conformal net extending the Heisenberg conformal net. Moreover, with a certain discreteness assumption on the spectrum of the extension, we show that any two-dimensional extension of the Heisenberg conformal net is of the form up to unitary equivalence. We consider explicit examples of even lattices where is two-dimensional and is one-dimensional, and we show that the extended net may have completely rational or non-completely rational chiral (i.e. one-dimensional lightray) components, depending on the choice of lattice. In the non-rational case, we exhibit the braided equivalence of a certain subcategory of the representation category of the chiral Heisenberg net corresponding to the two-dimensional lattice extension. Inspired by the charge and braiding structures of these nets, we construct two-dimensional conformal Wightman fields on the same Hilbert spaces. We show that, in some cases, these Wightman fields generate the corresponding extended nets.
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@article{arxiv.2506.01008,
title = {Rational and non-rational two-dimensional conformal field theories arising from lattices},
author = {Maria Stella Adamo and Luca Giorgetti and Yoh Tanimoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.01008},
year = {2025}
}
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37 pages, 8 TikZ figures