Published October 4, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-diagonal modular invariants and extensions of Kac-Moody algebras

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), NM (USA). Theoretical Div.
  • 2. Liverpool Univ. (UK). Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Description

We explicitly show that all non-diagonal modular invariants of Kac-Moody algebras which are generated by a simple current with conformal weight one are equivalent to the diagnoal modular invariant of an enlarged Kac-Moody algebra. For simple currents with higher integer weight, the associated non-diagonal modular invariants do not, in general, correspond to a larger Kac-Moody algebra. This indicates the existence of non-trivial generalisations of the affine algebras. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
248
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
317-322
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA