On the complete classification of unitary N = 2 minimal superconformal field theories
- Aiming at a complete classification of unitary N = 2 minimal models (where the assumption of space-time supersymmetry has been dropped), it is shown that each candidate for a modular invariant partition function of such a theory is indeed the partition function of a minimal model. A family of models constructed via orbifoldings of either the diagonal model or of the space-time supersymmetric exceptional models demonstrates that there exists a unitary N = 2 minimal model for every one of the allowed partition functions in the list obtained from Gannon's work [Gannon1996]. Kreuzer and Schellekens' conjecture that all simple current invariants can be obtained as orbifolds of the diagonal model, even when the extra assumption of higher-genus modular invariance is dropped, is confirmed in the case of the unitary N = 2 minimal models by simple counting arguments. We find a nice characterisation of the projection from the Hilbert space of a minimal model with k odd to its modular invariantAiming at a complete classification of unitary N = 2 minimal models (where the assumption of space-time supersymmetry has been dropped), it is shown that each candidate for a modular invariant partition function of such a theory is indeed the partition function of a minimal model. A family of models constructed via orbifoldings of either the diagonal model or of the space-time supersymmetric exceptional models demonstrates that there exists a unitary N = 2 minimal model for every one of the allowed partition functions in the list obtained from Gannon's work [Gannon1996]. Kreuzer and Schellekens' conjecture that all simple current invariants can be obtained as orbifolds of the diagonal model, even when the extra assumption of higher-genus modular invariance is dropped, is confirmed in the case of the unitary N = 2 minimal models by simple counting arguments. We find a nice characterisation of the projection from the Hilbert space of a minimal model with k odd to its modular invariant subspace, and we present a new simple proof of the superconformal version of the Verlinde formula for the minimal models using simple currents. Finally we demonstrate a curious relation between the generating function of simple current invariants and the Riemann zeta function.…
- Um die unitären N = 2 minimalen Modelle (ohne Annahme der Raumzeit-Supersymmetrie) vollständig zu klassifizieren, wird durch Orbifolding gezeigt, dass jeder Kandidat für eine modular-invariante Zustandssumme einer solchen Theorie in der Tat die Zustandssumme eines minimalen Modells ist.
Author: | Oliver Gray |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus-14514 |
Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/1346 |
Title Additional (German): | Über die vollständige Klassifikation der unitären N = 2 minimalen superkonformen Feldtheorien |
Advisor: | Katrin Wendland |
Type: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
Granting Institution: | Universität Augsburg, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät |
Date of final exam: | 2009/08/03 |
Release Date: | 2010/01/22 |
Tag: | conformal field theory; supersymmetry; representation theory |
GND-Keyword: | Konforme Feldtheorie; Supersymmetrie; Darstellungstheorie |
Institutes: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät |
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlich-Technische Fakultät / Institut für Mathematik | |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik |
Licence (German): | Deutsches Urheberrecht mit Print on Demand |