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Restricting positive energy representations of ${\rm Diff}^+(S^1)$ to the stabilizer of $n$ points

Functional Analysis 2009-11-13 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Representation Theory

Abstract

Let GnDiff+(S1)G_n \subset {\rm Diff}^+(S^1) be the stabilizer of nn given points of S1S^1. How much information do we lose if we restrict a positive energy representation UhcU^c_h associated to an admissible pair (c,h)(c,h) of the central charge and lowest energy, to the subgroup GnG_n? The question, and a part of the answer originate in chiral conformal QFT. The value of cc can be easily ``recovered'' from such a restriction; the hard question concerns the value of hh. If c1c\leq 1, then there is no loss of information, and accordingly, all of these restrictions are irreducible. In this work it is shown that UhcGnU^c_{h}|_{G_n} is always irreducible for n=1n=1, and if h=0h=0, it is irreducible at least up to n3n\leq 3. Moreover, an example is given for certain values c>1c>1 and h,h~>0h,\tilde{h}>0 such that UhcG1Uh~cG1U^c_{h}|_{G_1}\simeq U^c_{\tilde{h}}|_{G_1}. It follows that for these values UhcGnU^c_{h}|_{G_n} cannot be irreducible for n2n\geq 2. For further values of c,hc,h and nn, the question is left open. Nevertheless, the example already shows, that in general, local and global intertwiners in a QFT model may not be equivalent.

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@article{arxiv.math/0702704,
  title  = {Restricting positive energy representations of ${\rm Diff}^+(S^1)$ to the stabilizer of $n$ points},
  author = {Mihály Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0702704},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

21 pages, no figures. V2: minor corrections