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The level two Zhu algebra for the Heisenberg vertex operator algebra

  • University of Notre Dame

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Abstract

We determine the level two Zhu algebra for the Heisenberg vertex operator algebra V for any choice of conformal element. We do this using only the following information for V: the internal structure of V; the level one Zhu algebra of V already determined by the second author, along with Vander Werf and Yang; and the information the lower level Zhu algebras give regarding irreducible modules. We are able to carry out this calculation of the level two Zhu algebra for V with this minimal information by employing the general results and techniques for determining generators and relations for higher level Zhu algebras for a vertex operator algebra, as developed previously by the authors in On generators and relations for higher level Zhu algebras and applications, by Addabbo and Barron, J. Algebra, 2023. In particular, we show that the level n Zhu algebras for the Heisenberg vertex operator algebra become noncommutative at level n = 2. We also give a conjecture for the structure of the level n Zhu algebra for the Heisenberg vertex operator algebra, for any n > 2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3405-3463
Number of pages59
JournalCommunications in Algebra
Volume51
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023

Keywords

  • Conformal field theory
  • Heisenberg algebra
  • vertex operator algebras

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