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Fusion rules for ℤ2-orbifolds of affine and parafermion vertex operator algebras

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This paper is about the orbifold theory of affine and parafermion vertex operator algebras. It is known that the parafermion vertex operator algebra K(sl2,k) associated to the integrable highest weight modules for the affine Kac—Moody algebra \(A_1^{(1)}\) is the building block of the general parafermion vertex operator K(\(K(\mathfrak{g},k)\),k) for any finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\) and any positive integer k. We first classify the irreducible modules of ℤ2-orbifold of the simple affine vertex operator algebra of type \(A_1^{(1)}\) and determine their fusion rules. Then we study the representations of the ℤ2-orbifold of the parafermion vertex operator algebra K(sl2, k). The quantum dimensions, and more technically, fusion rules for the ℤ2-orbifold of the parafermion vertex operator algebra K(sl2, k) are completely determined.

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    Cuipo Jiang

  2. School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Qing Wang

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Supported by China NSF grants No. 11771281 and No. 11531004.

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Jiang, C., Wang, Q. Fusion rules for ℤ2-orbifolds of affine and parafermion vertex operator algebras. Isr. J. Math. 240, 837–887 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-020-2082-0

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