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    Denominator identities and Lie superalgebras (extended abstract)

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    We provide formulas for the Weyl-Kac denominator and superdenominator of a basic classical Lie superalgebra for a distinguished set of positive roots. © 2010 Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DMTCS), Nancy, France

    Conformal embeddings in affine vertex superalgebras

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    This paper is a natural continuation of our previous work on conformal embeddings of vertex algebras [6], [7], [8]. Here we consider conformal embeddings in simple affine vertex superalgebra Vk(g) where g=g0 ̄⊕g1 ̄ is a basic classical simple Lie superalgebra. Let Vk(g0 ̄) be the subalgebra of Vk(g) generated by g0 ̄. We first classify all levels k for which the embedding Vk(g0 ̄) in Vk(g) is conformal. Next we prove that, for a large family of such conformal levels, Vk(g) is a completely reducible Vk(g0 ̄)–module and obtain decomposition rules. Proofs are based on fusion rules arguments and on the representation theory of certain affine vertex algebras. The most interesting case is the decomposition of V−2(osp(2n+8|2n)) as a finite, non simple current extension of V−2(Dn+4)⊗V1(Cn). This decomposition uses our previous work [10] on the representation theory of V−2(Dn+4). We also study conformal embeddings gl(n|m)↪sl(n+1|m) and in most cases we obtain decomposition rules
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