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Main Authors: Höhn, Gerald, Möller, Sven
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17190
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author Höhn, Gerald
Möller, Sven
author_facet Höhn, Gerald
Möller, Sven
contents We classify the self-dual (or holomorphic) vertex operator superalgebras of central charge 24, or in physics parlance the purely left-moving, fermionic 2-dimensional conformal field theories with just one primary field. There are exactly 969 such vertex operator superalgebras under suitable regularity assumptions (essentially strong rationality) and the assumption that the shorter moonshine module $V\!B^\natural$ is the unique self-dual vertex operator superalgebra of central charge 23.5 whose weight-1/2 and weight-1 spaces vanish. Additionally, there might be self-dual vertex operator superalgebras arising as fake copies of $V\!B^\natural$ tensored with a free fermion $F$. We construct and classify the self-dual vertex operator superalgebras by determining the 2-neighbourhood graph of the self-dual vertex operator algebras of central charge 24 and also by realising them as simple-current extensions of a dual pair containing a certain maximal lattice vertex operator algebra. We show that all vertex operator superalgebras besides $V\!B^\natural\otimes F$ and potential fake copies thereof stem from elements of the Conway group $\mathrm{Co}_0$, the automorphism group of the Leech lattice $Λ$. By splitting off free fermions $F$, if possible, we obtain the classification for all central charges less than or equal to 24.
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spellingShingle Classification of Self-Dual Vertex Operator Superalgebras of Central Charge at Most 24
Höhn, Gerald
Möller, Sven
Quantum Algebra
High Energy Physics - Theory
Representation Theory
17B69
We classify the self-dual (or holomorphic) vertex operator superalgebras of central charge 24, or in physics parlance the purely left-moving, fermionic 2-dimensional conformal field theories with just one primary field. There are exactly 969 such vertex operator superalgebras under suitable regularity assumptions (essentially strong rationality) and the assumption that the shorter moonshine module $V\!B^\natural$ is the unique self-dual vertex operator superalgebra of central charge 23.5 whose weight-1/2 and weight-1 spaces vanish. Additionally, there might be self-dual vertex operator superalgebras arising as fake copies of $V\!B^\natural$ tensored with a free fermion $F$. We construct and classify the self-dual vertex operator superalgebras by determining the 2-neighbourhood graph of the self-dual vertex operator algebras of central charge 24 and also by realising them as simple-current extensions of a dual pair containing a certain maximal lattice vertex operator algebra. We show that all vertex operator superalgebras besides $V\!B^\natural\otimes F$ and potential fake copies thereof stem from elements of the Conway group $\mathrm{Co}_0$, the automorphism group of the Leech lattice $Λ$. By splitting off free fermions $F$, if possible, we obtain the classification for all central charges less than or equal to 24.
title Classification of Self-Dual Vertex Operator Superalgebras of Central Charge at Most 24
topic Quantum Algebra
High Energy Physics - Theory
Representation Theory
17B69
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.17190