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Rational and non-rational two-dimensional conformal field theories arising from lattices

Mathematical Physics 2025-06-03 v1 math.MP Operator Algebras Representation Theory

Abstract

For a (finite-dimensional) real Hilbert space h\mathfrak h and an orthogonal projection pp, we consider the associated Heisenberg Lie algebra and the two-dimensional Heisenberg conformal net. Given an even lattice QQ in h\mathfrak h with respect to the indefinite bilinear form on h\mathfrak h defined by pp, we construct a two-dimensional conformal net AQ{\mathcal A}_Q 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 AQ{\mathcal A}_Q up to unitary equivalence. We consider explicit examples of even lattices where h\mathfrak h is two-dimensional and pp 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