The irreducible modules and fusion rules for the parafermion vertex operator algebras

Abstract

The irreducible modules for the parafermion vertex operator algebra associated to any finite dimensional Lie algebra <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and any positive integer <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="k"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>k</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">k</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> are classified, the quantum dimensions are computed and the fusion rules are determined.