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Supersymmetry and the Suzuki chain

Quantum Algebra 2020-12-09 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory Group Theory

Abstract

We classify N=1N{=}1 SVOAs with no free fermions and with bosonic subalgebra a simply connected WZW algebra which is not of type E\mathrm{E}. The latter restriction makes the classification tractable; the former restriction implies that the N=1N{=}1 automorphism groups of the resulting SVOAs are finite. We discover two infinite families and nine exceptional examples. The exceptions are all related to the Leech lattice: their automorphism groups are the larger groups in the Suzuki chain (Co1\mathrm{Co}_1, Suz:2\mathrm{Suz}{:}2, G2(4):2\mathrm{G}_2(4){:}2, J2:2\mathrm{J}_2{:}2, U3(3):2\mathrm{U}_3(3){:}2) and certain large centralizers therein (210:M12:22^{10}{:}\mathrm{M}_{12}{:}2, M12:2\mathrm{M}_{12}{:}2, U4(3):D8\mathrm{U}_4(3){:}D_8, M21:22\mathrm{M}_{21}{:}2^2). Along the way, we elucidate fermionic versions of a number of VOA operations, including simple current extensions, orbifolds, and 't Hooft anomalies.

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@article{arxiv.1908.11012,
  title  = {Supersymmetry and the Suzuki chain},
  author = {Theo Johnson-Freyd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.11012},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

35 pages. v4 corrects an error that caused one entry to be missing from the main theorem

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