Representations of Conformal Nets, Universal C*-Algebras and K-Theory
Abstract
We study the representation theory of a conformal net A on the circle from a K-theoretical point of view using its universal C*-algebra C*(A). We prove that if A satisfies the split property then, for every representation \pi of A with finite statistical dimension, \pi(C*(A)) is weakly closed and hence a finite direct sum of type I_\infty factors. We define the more manageable locally normal universal C*-algebra C*_ln(A) as the quotient of C*(A) by its largest ideal vanishing in all locally normal representations and we investigate its structure. In particular, if A is completely rational with n sectors, then C*_ln(A) is a direct sum of n type I_\infty factors. Its ideal K_A of compact operators has nontrivial K-theory, and we prove that the DHR endomorphisms of C*(A) with finite statistical dimension act on K_A, giving rise to an action of the fusion semiring of DHR sectors on K_0(K_A)$. Moreover, we show that this action corresponds to the regular representation of the associated fusion algebra.
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@article{arxiv.1202.2543,
title = {Representations of Conformal Nets, Universal C*-Algebras and K-Theory},
author = {Sebastiano Carpi and Roberto Conti and Robin Hillier and Mihaly Weiner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2543},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
v2: we added some comments in the introduction and new references. v3: new authors' addresses, minor corrections. To appear in Commun. Math. Phys. v4: minor corrections, updated references