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Trudy Moskovskogo Matematicheskogo Obshchestva, 2017, Volume 78, Issue 1, Pages 17–88
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This article is cited in 3 scientific papers (total in 3 papers)
Representations of superconformal algebras and mock theta functions
V. G. Kaca, M. Wakimotob a Department of Mathematics, M.I.T, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
b 12–4 Karato-Rokkoudai, Kita-ku, Kobe 651–1334, Japan
Abstract:
It is well known that the normalized characters of integrable highest weight
modules of given level over an affine Lie algebra $\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$ span an
$\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$–invariant space. This result extends to admissible
$\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$–modules, where $\mathfrak{g}$ is a simple Lie algebra or
$\mathrm{osp}_{1|n}$. Applying the quantum Hamiltonian reduction (QHR) to admissible
$\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$–modules when $\mathfrak{g} =s\ell_2$ (resp. $=\mathrm{osp}_{1|2}$) one
obtains minimal series modules over the Virasoro (resp. $N=1$ superconformal
algebras), which form modular invariant families.
Another instance of modular invariance occurs for boundary level admissible
modules, including when $\mathfrak{g}$ is a basic Lie superalgebra. For
example, if $\mathfrak{g}=s\ell_{2|1}$ (resp. $=\mathrm{osp}_{3|2}$), we thus obtain
modular invariant families of $\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$–modules, whose QHR produces
the minimal series modules for the $N=2$ superconformal algebras (resp.
a modular invariant family of $N=3$ superconformal algebra modules).
However, in the case when $\mathfrak{g}$ is a basic Lie superalgebra different
from a simple Lie algebra or $\mathrm{osp}_{1|n}$, modular invariance of normalized
supercharacters of admissible $\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$–modules holds outside of
boundary levels only after their modification in the spirit of Zwegers'
modification of mock theta functions. Applying the QHR, we obtain families of
representations of $N=2,3,4$ and big $N=4$ superconformal algebras, whose
modified (super)characters span an $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{Z})$–invariant space.
Key words and phrases:
basic Lie superalgebra, affine Lie superalgebra, superconformal
algebra, integrable and admissible representations of affine Lie superalgebras,
quantum Hamiltonian reduction, theta function, mock theta function and its
modification, modular invariant family of characters.
Received: 12.01.2017 Revised: 01.04.2017
Citation:
V. G. Kac, M. Wakimoto, “Representations of superconformal algebras and mock theta functions”, Tr. Mosk. Mat. Obs., 78, no. 1, MCCME, M., 2017, 17–88; Trans. Moscow Math. Soc., 78 (2017), 9–74
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