Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1996-12-07
Commun.Math.Phys. 190 (1997) 57-111
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
64 pages, amstex
Scientific paper
10.1007/s002200050234
Chiral orbifold models are defined as gauge field theories with a finite gauge group $\Gamma$. We start with a conformal current algebra A associated with a connected compact Lie group G and a negative definite integral invariant bilinear form on its Lie algebra. Any finite group $\Gamma$ of inner automorphisms or A (in particular, any finite subgroup of G) gives rise to a gauge theory with a chiral subalgebra $A^{\Gamma}\subset A$ of local observables invariant under $\Gamma$. A set of positive energy $A^{\Gamma}$ modules is constructed whose characters span, under some assumptions on $\Gamma$, a finite dimensional unitary representation of $SL(2,Z)$. We compute their asymptotic dimensions (thus singling out the nontrivial orbifold modules) and find explicit formulae for the modular transformations and hence, for the fusion rules. As an application we construct a family of rational conformal field theory (RCFT) extensions of $W_{1+\infty}$ that appear to provide a bridge between two approaches to the quantum Hall effect.
Kac Victor G.
Todorov Ivan T.
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