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Twisted logarithmic modules of free field algebras

Quantum Algebra 2016-06-17 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Given a non-semisimple automorphism φ\varphi of a vertex algebra VV, the fields in a φ\varphi-twisted VV-module involve the logarithm of the formal variable, and the action of the Virasoro operator L0L_0 on such module is not semisimple. We construct examples of such modules and realize them explicitly as Fock spaces when VV is generated by free fields. Specifically, we consider the cases of symplectic fermions (odd superbosons), free fermions, and βγ\beta\gamma-system (even superfermions). In each case, we determine the action of the Virasoro algebra.

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@article{arxiv.1604.00375,
  title  = {Twisted logarithmic modules of free field algebras},
  author = {Bojko Bakalov and McKay Sullivan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.00375},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages; v2 typos fixed