Vertex operator superalgebras and 16-fold way

preprint2020arXivOpen access

Abstract

Let VV be a vertex operator superalgebra with the natural order 2 automorphism σσ. Under suitable conditions on VV, the σσ-fixed subspace V0ˉV_{\bar 0} is a vertex operator algebra and the category CV0ˉC_{V_{\bar 0}} of V0ˉV_{\bar 0}-modules is modular tensor category. In this paper, we prove that CV0ˉC_{V_{\bar 0}} is a fermionic modular tensor category and the Müger centralizer CV0ˉ0C_{V_{\bar 0}}^0 of the fermion in CV0ˉC_{V_{\bar 0}} is generated by the irreducible V0ˉV_{\bar 0}-submodules of the VV-modules. In particular, CV0ˉ0C_{V_{\bar 0}}^0 is a super-modular tensor category and CV0ˉC_{V_{\bar 0}} is a minimal modular extension of CV0ˉ0C_{V_{\bar 0}}^0. We provide a construction of a vertex operator VlV^l for each positive integer ll such that CV0ˉlC_{V^l_{\bar 0}} is minimal modular extension of CV0ˉ0C_{V_{\bar 0}}^0. We prove that these modular tensor categories CV0ˉlC_{V^l_{\bar 0}} are uniquely determined, up to equivalence, by the congruence class of ll modulo 16.

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