Orbifold construction in subfactors

We use the lattice models to determine the obstructions to the flatness of the orbifold connections in some finite depth subsfactors.     

On representations of Hecke algebras

In this report we review some facts about representation theory of Hecke algebras. For Hecke algebras we adapt the approach of A. Okounkov and A. Vershik [Selecta Math., New Ser., 2 (1996) 581], which was developed for the representation theory of symmetric groups. We justify explicit construction of idempotents for Hecke algebras in terms of Jucys-Murphy elements. Ocneanu's traces for these idempotents (which can be interpreted as q-dimensions of corresponding irreducible representations of quantum linear groups) are presented. Presented at the International Colloquium “Integrable Systems and Quantum Symmetries”, Prague, 16–18 June 2005. This work was supported in part by the grants INTAS 03-51-3350 and RFBR 05-01-01086-a.     

A duality for Hopf algebras and for subfactors. I

We provide a duality between subfactors with finite index, or finite dimensional semisimple Hopf algebras, and a class ofC ^*-categories of endomorphisms.Dedicated to Masamichi Takesaki on the occasion of his sixtieth birthdaySupported in part by MURST and CNR-GNAFA     

A remark on matrix product operator algebras,anyons and subfactors

Letters in Mathematical Physics - We show that the mathematical structures in a recent work of...     

Hecke algebras at roots of unity and crystal bases of quantum affine algebras

We present a fast algorithm for computing the global crystal basis of the basic -module. This algorithm is based on combinatorial techniques which have been developed for dealing with modular representations of symmetric groups, and more generally with representations of Hecke algebras of typeA at roots of unity. We conjecture that, upon specializationq1, our algorithm computes the decomposition matrices of all Hecke algebras at an ^th root of 1.Partially supported by PRC Math-Info and EEC grant n⁰ ERBCHRXCT930400.     

R-matrix arising from affine Hecke algebras and its application to Macdonald's difference operators

We shall give a certain trigonometric R-matrix associated with each root system by using affine Hecke algebras. From this R-matrix, we derive a quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation after Cherednik, and show that the solutions of this KZ equation yield eigenfunctions of Macdonald's difference operators.     

Twisted Orbifold K-Theory

 We use equivariant methods to define and study the orbifold K-theory of an orbifold X. Adapting techniques from equivariant K-theory, we construct a Chern character and exhibit a multiplicative decomposition for K ^* _orb (X)⊗ℚ, in particular showing that it is additively isomorphic to the orbifold cohomology of X. A number of examples are provided. We then use the theory of projective representations to define the notion of twisted orbifold K–theory in the presence of discrete torsion. An explicit expression for this is obtained in the case of a global quotient. Received: 21 August 2001 / Accepted: 27 January 2003 Published online: 13 May 2003 RID="*" ID="*" Both authors were partially supported by the NSF RID="*" ID="*" Both authors were partially supported by the NSF Communicated by R.H. Dijkgraaf     

Orbifold compactification and solutions of M-theory from Milne spaces

In this paper, we consider solutions and spectral functions of M-theory from Milne spaces with extra free dimensions. Conformal deformations to the metric associated with real hyperbolic space forms are derived. For the three-dimensional case, the orbifold identifications , where Id is the identity matrix, is analyzed in detail. The spectrum of an eleven-dimensional field theory can be obtained with the help of the theory of harmonic functions in the fundamental domain of this group and it is associated with the cusp forms and the Eisenstein series. The supersymmetry surviving for supergravity solutions involving real hyperbolic space factors is briefly discussed.Received: 30 November 2004, Published online: 25 January 2005     

Modular Categories and Orbifold Models

In this paper, we try to answer the following question: given a modular tensor category ? with an action of a compact group G, is it possible to describe in a suitable sense the “quotient” category ?/G? We give a full answer in the case when ?=?ℯ? is the category of vector spaces; in this case, ?ℯ?/G turns out to be the category of representation of Drinfeld's double D(G). This should be considered as the category theory analog of the topological identity {pt}/G=BG. This implies a conjecture of Dijkgraaf, Vafa, E. Verlinde and H. Verlinde regarding so-called orbifold conformal field theories: if ? is a vertex operator algebra which has a unique irreducible module, ? itself, and G is a compact group of automorphisms of ?, and some not too restrictive technical conditions are satisfied, then G is finite, and the category of representations of the algebra of invariants, ? ^G , is equivalent as a tensor category to the category of representations of Drinfeld's double D(G). We also get some partial results in the non-holomorphic case, i.e. when ? has more than one simple module. Received: 27 August 2001 / Accepted: 1 March 2002     

黑克、布劳、及伯曼-温采尔代数的诱导及分导系数和量子经典李代数的耦合与重新耦合系数

本文总结了计算黑克、布劳、及伯曼 温采尔代数在各种工数链下诱导及分导系数的线性方程方法(LEM)。特别强调了关于A,B,C,D型李代数及其量子情形与其中心代数之间的舒尔 魏尔 布劳双关性关系。这一关系使我们能够利用相应中心代数的诱导及分导系数计算出经典李代数及其量子情形的耦合与重新耦合系数。讨论了从该方法得到B,C,D型李代数不可约表示克罗内克积分解的应用。基于LEM还得到了处理对应于置换群CG系列问题的黑克代数张量积的方法。     

Orbifold models and modular transformation

The orbifold models of the heterotic string are constructed on the quotient spaces of generalized tori by translational and rotational discrete symmetries. In order to obtain the consistent orbifold models, the conditions of the modular invariance are derived from a one-loop vacuum amplitude. Z₃ orbifold models satisfying such conditions are searched systematically. It is shown that there are infinite possible models with N = 2 supersymmetry. Among these models, two examples having E₆ and E₇ gauge groups are discussed. The orbifold models with N = 1 supersymmetry are also discussed in detail. It is shown that there are only five consistent models in the class of these models based on E₈ ⊗ E′₈ heterotic string in which the extra six-dimensional torus and the E₈ ⊗ E′₈ maximal torus are modded out by the rotational and the translational Z₃ symmetries respectively.     

A New Cohomology Theory of Orbifold

Based on the orbifold string theory model in physics, we construct a new cohomology ring for any almost complex orbifold. The key theorem is the associativity of this new ring. Some examples are computed.Both authors partially supported by the National Science Foundation     

The Orbifold Transform and its Applications

We discuss the notion of the orbifold transform, and illustrate it on simple examples. The basic properties of the transform are presented, including transitivity and the exponential formula for symmetric products. The connection with the theory of permutation orbifolds is addressed, and the general results illustrated on the example of torus partition functions. Work supported by grants OTKA T047041, T043582, the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and EC Marie Curie MRTN-CT-2004-512194.     

Orbifold compactification of heterotic string theories

The internal degrees of freedom of twisted heterotic strings are discussed using the theory of Kac-Moody algebras.     

Conformal Orbifold Theories and Braided Crossed G-Categories

The Berezin-Toeplitz deformation quantization of an abelian variety is explicitly computed by the use of Theta-functions. An SL(2n,)-equivariant complex structure dependent equivalence E between the constant Moyal-Weyl product and this family of deformations is given. This equivalence is seen to be convergent on the dense subspace spanned by the pure phase functions. The Toeplitz operators associated to the equivalence E applied to a pure phase function produces a covariant constant section of the endomorphism bundle of the vector bundle of Theta-functions (for each level) over the moduli space of abelian varieties.Applying this to any holonomy function on the symplectic torus one obtains as the moduli space of U(1)-connections on a surface, we provide an explicit geometric construction of the abelian TQFT-operator associated to a simple closed curve on the surface. Using these TQFT-operators we prove an analog of asymptotic faithfulness (see [A1]) in this abelian case. Namely that the intersection of the kernels for the quantum representations is the Toreilli subgroup in this abelian case.Furthermore, we relate this construction to the deformation quantization of the moduli spaces of flat connections constructed in [AMR1] and [AMR2]. In particular we prove that this topologically defined *-product in this abelian case is the Moyal-Weyl product. Finally we combine all of this to give a geometric construction of the abelian TQFT operator associated to any link in the cylinder over the surface and we show the glueing axiom for these operators.This research was conducted in part for the Clay Mathematics Institute at University of California, Berkeley.This work was supported by MaPhySto – A Network in Mathematical Physics and Stochastics, funded by The Danish National Research Foundation     

Conformal Orbifold Theories and Braided Crossed G-Categories

The aim of the paper is twofold. First, we show that a quantum field theory A living on the line and having a group G of inner symmetries gives rise to a category G–Loc A of twisted representations. This category is a braided crossed G-category in the sense of Turaev [60]. Its degree zero subcategory is braided and equivalent to the usual representation category Rep A. Combining this with [29], where Rep A was proven to be modular for a nice class of rational conformal models, and with the construction of invariants of G-manifolds in [60], we obtain an equivariant version of the following chain of constructions: Rational CFT modular category 3-manifold invariant. Secondly, we study the relation between G–Loc A and the braided (in the usual sense) representation category Rep A^G of the orbifold theory A^G. We prove the equivalence RepA^G≃(G–Loc A)^G, which is a rigorous implementation of the insight that one needs to take the twisted representations of A into account in order to determine Rep A^G. In the opposite direction we have is the full subcategory of representations of A^G contained in the vacuum representation of A, and ⋊ refers to the Galois extensions of braided tensor categories of [44, 48]. Under the assumptions that A is completely rational and G is finite we prove that A has g-twisted representations for every g∈ G and that the sum over the squared dimensions of the simple g-twisted representations for fixed g equals dim Rep A. In the holomorphic case this allows to classify the possible categories G− Loc A and to clarify the r?le of the twisted quantum doubles D^ω(G) in this context, as will be done in a sequel. We conclude with some remarks on non-holomorphic orbifolds and surprising counterexamples concerning permutation orbifolds. Supported by NWO through the “pioneer” project no. 616.062.384 of N. P. Landsman. An erratum to this article can be found at