Book Chapter
NGK and HLZ: Fusion for Physicists and Mathematicians
S Kanade, D Ridout
Springer Indam Series | Springer INdAM Series | SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG | Published : 2019
Abstract
In this expository note, we compare the fusion product of conformal field theory, as defined by Gaberdiel and used in the Nahm–Gaberdiel–Kausch (NGK) algorithm, with the P(w)-tensor product of vertex operator algebra modules, as defined by Huang, Lepowsky and Zhang (HLZ). We explain how the equality of the two “coproducts” derived by NGK is essentially dual to the P(w)-compatibility condition of HLZ and how the algorithm of NGK for computing fusion products may be adapted to the setting of HLZ. We provide explicit calculations and instructive examples to illustrate both approaches. This document does not provide precise descriptions of all statements, it is intended more as a gentle starting..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This paper was made possible by an Endeavour Research Fellowship, ID 6127_2017, awarded to SK by the Australian Government's Department of Education and Training. SK wishes to express sincere gratitude towards the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, where this project was undertaken, for their generous hospitality. SK is presently supported by a start-up grant provided by University of Denver. DR's research is supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP160101520 and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers CE140100049.