Bimodules over twisted Zhu algebras and twisted fusion rules theorem for vertex operator algebras

TL;DR

This paper develops a framework for bimodules over twisted Zhu algebras in vertex operator algebras, leading to a twisted fusion rules theorem that generalizes previous results and provides new insights into module tensor products.

Contribution

It introduces a construction of bimodules over twisted Zhu algebras and establishes a twisted fusion rules theorem for vertex operator algebras, extending prior work to twisted modules.

Findings

Constructed bimodules associated to twisted modules and automorphisms.

Defined a generalized tensor product for twisted modules.

Proved a twisted fusion rules theorem generalizing Frenkel-Zhu-Li's result.

Abstract

Let $V$ be a strongly rational vertex operator algebra, and let $g_1, g_2, g_3$ be three commuting finitely ordered automorphisms of $V$ such that $g_1g_2=g_3$ and $g_i^T=1$ for $i=1, 2, 3$ and $T\in \N$. Suppose $M^1$ is a $g_1$-twisted module. For any $n, m\in \frac{1}{T}\N$, we construct an $A_{g_3, n}(V)$-$A_{g_2, m}(V)$-bimodule $\mathcal{A}_{g_3, g_2, n, m}(M^1)$ associated to the quadruple $(M^1, g_1, g_2, g_3)$. Given an $A_{g_2, m}(V)$-module $U$, an admissible $g_3$-twisted module $\mathcal{M}(M^1, U)$ is constructed. For the quadruple $(V, 1, g, g)$ with some finitely ordered $g\in \text{Aut}(V)$, $\mathcal{A}_{g, g, n, m}(V)$ coincides with the $A_{g, n}(V)$-$A_{g, m}(V)$-bimodules $A_{g, n, m}(V)$ constructed by Dong-Jiang, and $\mathcal{M}(V, U)$ is the generalized Verma type admissible $g$-twisted module generated by $U$. When $U=M^2(m)$ is the $m$-th component of a $g_2$-twisted module $M^2$ for some $m\in\frac{1}{T}\N$, we show that the submodule of $\M(M^1, M^2(m))$ generated by the $m$-th component satisfies the universal property of the tensor product of $M^1$ and $M^2$. Using this result, we obtain a twisted version of Frenkel-Zhu-Li's fusion rules theorem.