Structure of Virasoro tensor categories at central charge $13-6p-6p^{-1}$ for integers $p > 1$

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Yang, Jinwei
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Yang, Jinwei
contents Let $\mathcal{O}_c$ be the category of finite-length central-charge-$c$ modules for the Virasoro Lie algebra whose composition factors are irreducible quotients of reducible Verma modules. Recently, it has been shown that $\mathcal{O}_c$ admits vertex algebraic tensor category structure for any $c\in\mathbb{C}$. Here, we determine the structure of this tensor category when $c=13-6p-6p^{-1}$ for an integer $p>1$. For such $c$, we prove that $\mathcal{O}_{c}$ is rigid, and we construct projective covers of irreducible modules in a natural tensor subcategory $\mathcal{O}_{c}^0$. We then compute all tensor products involving irreducible modules and their projective covers. Using these tensor product formulas, we show that $\mathcal{O}_c$ has a semisimplification which, as an abelian category, is the Deligne product of two tensor subcategories that are tensor equivalent to the Kazhdan-Lusztig categories for affine $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ at levels $-2+p^{\pm 1}$. Next, as a straightforward consequence of the braided tensor category structure on $\mathcal{O}_c$ together with the theory of vertex operator algebra extensions, we rederive known results for triplet vertex operator algebras $\mathcal{W}(p)$, including rigidity, fusion rules, and construction of projective covers. Finally, we prove a recent conjecture of Negron that $\mathcal{O}_c^0$ is braided tensor equivalent to the $PSL(2,\mathbb{C})$-equivariantization of the category of $\mathcal{W}(p)$-modules.
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spellingShingle Structure of Virasoro tensor categories at central charge $13-6p-6p^{-1}$ for integers $p > 1$
McRae, Robert
Yang, Jinwei
Quantum Algebra
Mathematical Physics
Category Theory
Representation Theory
17B68, 17B69, 18D10, 81R10
Let $\mathcal{O}_c$ be the category of finite-length central-charge-$c$ modules for the Virasoro Lie algebra whose composition factors are irreducible quotients of reducible Verma modules. Recently, it has been shown that $\mathcal{O}_c$ admits vertex algebraic tensor category structure for any $c\in\mathbb{C}$. Here, we determine the structure of this tensor category when $c=13-6p-6p^{-1}$ for an integer $p>1$. For such $c$, we prove that $\mathcal{O}_{c}$ is rigid, and we construct projective covers of irreducible modules in a natural tensor subcategory $\mathcal{O}_{c}^0$. We then compute all tensor products involving irreducible modules and their projective covers. Using these tensor product formulas, we show that $\mathcal{O}_c$ has a semisimplification which, as an abelian category, is the Deligne product of two tensor subcategories that are tensor equivalent to the Kazhdan-Lusztig categories for affine $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ at levels $-2+p^{\pm 1}$. Next, as a straightforward consequence of the braided tensor category structure on $\mathcal{O}_c$ together with the theory of vertex operator algebra extensions, we rederive known results for triplet vertex operator algebras $\mathcal{W}(p)$, including rigidity, fusion rules, and construction of projective covers. Finally, we prove a recent conjecture of Negron that $\mathcal{O}_c^0$ is braided tensor equivalent to the $PSL(2,\mathbb{C})$-equivariantization of the category of $\mathcal{W}(p)$-modules.
title Structure of Virasoro tensor categories at central charge $13-6p-6p^{-1}$ for integers $p > 1$
topic Quantum Algebra
Mathematical Physics
Category Theory
Representation Theory
17B68, 17B69, 18D10, 81R10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02170