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VOAs labelled by complex reflection groups and 4d SCFTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-06-26 v2 Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

We define and study a class of N=2\mathcal{N}=2 vertex operator algebras WG\mathcal{W}_{\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}} labelled by complex reflection groups. They are extensions of the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 super Virasoro algebra obtained by introducing additional generators, in correspondence with the invariants of the complex reflection group G\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}. If G\mathcal{\mathsf{G}} is a Coxeter group, the N=2\mathcal{N}=2 super Virasoro algebra enhances to the (small) N=4\mathcal{N}=4 superconformal algebra. With the exception of G=Z2\mathcal{\mathsf{G}} = \mathbb{Z}_2, which corresponds to just the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 algebra, these are non-deformable VOAs that exist only for a specific negative value of the central charge. We describe a free-field realization of WG\mathcal{W}_{\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}} in terms of rank(G)(\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}) βγbc\beta \gamma bc ghost systems, generalizing a construction of Adamovic for the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 algebra at c=9c = -9. If G\mathcal{\mathsf{G}} is a Weyl group, WG\mathcal{W}_{\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}} is believed to coincide with the N=4\mathcal{N}=4 VOA that arises from the four-dimensional super Yang-Mills theory whose gauge algebra has Weyl group G\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}. More generally, if G\mathcal{\mathsf{G}} is a crystallographic complex reflection group, WG\mathcal{W}_{\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}} is conjecturally associated to an N=3\mathcal{N}=3 4d4d superconformal field theory. The free-field realization allows to determine the elusive `RR-filtration' of WG\mathcal{W}_{\mathcal{\mathsf{G}}}, and thus to recover the full Macdonald index of the parent 4d4d theory

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@article{arxiv.1810.03612,
  title  = {VOAs labelled by complex reflection groups and 4d SCFTs},
  author = {Federico Bonetti and Carlo Meneghelli and Leonardo Rastelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.03612},
  year   = {2019}
}

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70 pages

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