A Note on decoupling conditions for generic level sl(affine)(3)(k) and fusion rules

Jun, 1999
28 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 571 (2000) 457-478
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Report number:
  • KCL-MTH-99-23

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Abstract:
We find the solution of the sl^(3)k\hat{sl}(3)_k singular vector decoupling equations on 3-point functions for the particular case when one of the fields is of weight w0kΛ0w_0\cdot k\Lambda_0. The result is a function with non-trivial singularities in the flag variables, namely a linear combination of 2F1 hypergeometric functions. This calculation fills in a gap in [1] and confirms the sl^(3)k\hat{sl}(3)_k fusion rules determined there both for generic \kappa \not \in \IQ and fractional levels. We have also analysed the fusion in sl^(3)k\hat{sl}(3)_k using algebraic methods generalising those of Feigin and Fuchs and again find agreement with [1]. In the process we clarify some details of previous treatments of the fusion of sl^(2)k\hat{sl}(2)_k fractional level admissible representations.
  • Wess-Zumino-Witten model
  • symmetry: SL(3)
  • decoupling
  • algebra: fusion
  • vector: singularity
  • correlation function
  • differential equations
  • n-point function: 3
  • field theory: conformal
  • mathematical methods