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Tensor categories of weight modules of $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2$ at admissible level

Representation Theory 2023-11-20 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

The category of weight modules Lk(sl2)-wtmodL_k(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\text{-wtmod} of the simple affine vertex algebra of sl2\mathfrak{sl}_2 at an admissible level kk is neither finite nor semisimple and modules are usually not lower-bounded and have infinite dimensional conformal weight subspaces. However this vertex algebra enjoys a duality with W(sl21)W_\ell(\mathfrak{sl}_{2|1}), the simple prinicipal WW-algebra of sl21\mathfrak{sl}_{2|1} at level \ell (the N=2N=2 super conformal algebra) where the levels are related via (k+2)(+1)=1(k+2)(\ell+1)=1. Every weight module of W(sl21)W_\ell(\mathfrak{sl}_{2|1}) is lower-bounded and has finite-dimensional conformal weight spaces. The main technical result is that every weight module of W(sl21)W_\ell(\mathfrak{sl}_{2|1}) is C1C_1-cofinite. The existence of a vertex tensor category follows and the theory of vertex superalgebra extensions implies the existence of vertex tensor category structure on Lk(sl2)-wtmodL_k(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\text{-wtmod} for any admissible level kk. As applications, the fusion rules of ordinary modules with any weight module are computed and it is shown that Lk(sl2)-wtmodL_k(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\text{-wtmod} is a ribbon category if and only if Lk+1(sl2)-wtmodL_{k+1}(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\text{-wtmod} is, in particular it follows that for admissible levels k=2+uvk = - 2 + \frac{u}{v} and v{2,3}v \in \{2, 3\} and u=1modvu = -1 \mod v the category Lk(sl2)-wtmodL_k(\mathfrak{sl}_2)\text{-wtmod} is a ribbon category.

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@article{arxiv.2311.10240,
  title  = {Tensor categories of weight modules of $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2$ at admissible level},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.10240},
  year   = {2023}
}