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Bojko Bakalov

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Braided Logarithmic Vertex Algebras

We study a family of algebras defined using a locally-finite endomorphism called a braiding map. When the braiding map is semi-simple, the algebra is a generalized vertex algebra, while when the braiding map is locally-nilpotent we have a logarithmic vertex algebra. We describe a method that associates to these algebras non-local Poisson vertex algebras, and we use this relation to build a new example of a generalized vertex algebra motivated by the non-linear Schrödinger non-local Poisson vertex algebra

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Logarithmic vertex algebras and non-local Poisson vertex algebras

Logarithmic vertex algebras were introduced in our previous paper, motivated by logarithmic conformal field theory. Non-local Poisson vertex algebras were introduced by De Sole and Kac, motivated by the theory of integrable systems. We prove that the associated graded vector space of any filtered logarithmic vertex algebra has an induced structure of a non-local Poisson vertex algebra. We use this relation to obtain new examples of both logarithmic vertex algebras and non-local Poisson vertex algebras. Dedicated to Victor G. Kac on his 80th birthday.

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Poisson Pseudoalgebras

For any cocommutative Hopf algebra $H$ and a left $H$-module $V$, we construct an operad $\mathcal{P}^{cl}_H(V)$, which in the special case when $H$ is the algebra of polynomials in one variable reduces to the classical operad $\mathcal{P}^{cl}(V)$. Morphisms from the Lie operad to $\mathcal{P}^{cl}(V)$ correspond to Poisson vertex algebra structures on $V$. Likewise, our operad $\mathcal{P}^{cl}_H(V)$ gives rise to the notion of a Poisson pseudoalgebra; thus extending the notion of a Lie pseudoalgebra. As a byproduct of our construction, we introduce two cohomology theories for Poisson pseudoalgebras, generalizing the variational and classical cohomology of Poisson vertex algebras.

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Orbifolds of Lattice Vertex Algebras

To a positive-definite even lattice $Q$, one can associate the lattice vertex algebra $V_Q$, and any automorphism $σ$ of $Q$ lifts to an automorphism of $V_Q$. In this paper, we investigate the orbifold vertex algebra $V_Q^σ$, which consists of the elements of $V_Q$ fixed under $σ$, in the case when $σ$ has prime order. We describe explicitly the irreducible $V_Q^σ$-modules, compute their characters, and determine the modular transformations of characters. As an application, we find the asymptotic and quantum dimensions of all irreducible $V_Q^σ$-modules. We consider in detail the cases when the order of $σ$ is $2$ or $3$, as well as the case of permutation orbifolds.

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Logarithmic Vertex Algebras

We introduce and study the notion of a logarithmic vertex algebra, which is a vertex algebra with logarithmic singularities in the operator product expansion of quantum fields; thus providing a rigorous formulation of the algebraic properties of quantum fields in logarithmic conformal field theory. We develop a framework that allows many results about vertex algebras to be extended to logarithmic vertex algebras, including in particular the Borcherds identity and Kac Existence Theorem. Several examples are investigated in detail, and they exhibit some unexpected new features that are peculiar to the logarithmic case.

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Classical and variational Poisson cohomology

We prove that, for a Poisson vertex algebra V, the canonical injective homomorphism of the variational cohomology of V to its classical cohomology is an isomorphism, provided that V, viewed as a differential algebra, is an algebra of differential polynomials in finitely many differential variables. This theorem is one of the key ingredients in the computation of vertex algebra cohomology. For its proof, we introduce the sesquilinear Hochschild and Harrison cohomology complexes and prove a vanishing theorem for the symmetric sesquilinear Harrison cohomology of the algebra of differential polynomials in finitely many differential variables.

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Computation of cohomology of vertex algebras

We review cohomology theories corresponding to the chiral and classical operads. The first one is the cohomology theory of vertex algebras, while the second one is the classical cohomology of Poisson vertex algebras (PVA), and we construct a spectral sequence relating them. Since in "good" cases the classical PVA cohomology coincides with the variational PVA cohomology and there are well-developed methods to compute the latter, this enables us to compute the cohomology of vertex algebras in many interesting cases. Finally, we describe a unified approach to integrability through vanishing of the first cohomology, which is applicable to both classical and quantum systems of Hamiltonian PDEs.

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Chiral vs classical operad

We establish an explicit isomorphism between the associated graded of the filtered chiral operad and the classical operad, which is useful for computing the cohomology of vertex algebras.

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Computation of cohomology of Lie conformal and Poisson vertex algebras

We develop methods for computation of Poisson vertex algebra cohomology. This cohomology is computed for the free bosonic and fermionic Poisson vertex (super)algebras, as well as for the universal affine and Virasoro Poisson vertex algebras. We establish finite dimensionality of this cohomology for conformal Poisson vertex (super)algebras that are finitely and freely generated by elements of positive conformal weight.

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Irreducible modules over finite simple Lie pseudoalgebras III. Primitive pseudoalgebras of type H

A Lie conformal algebra is an algebraic structure that encodes the singular part of the operator product expansion of chiral fields in conformal field theory. A Lie pseudoalgebra is a generalization of this structure, for which the algebra of polynomials k[\partial] in the indeterminate is replaced by the universal enveloping algebra U(d) of a finite-dimensional Lie algebra d over the base field k. The finite (i.e., finitely generated over U(d)) simple Lie pseudoalgebras were classified in our 2001 paper [BDK]. The complete list consists of primitive Lie pseudoalgebras of type W, S, H, and K, and of current Lie pseudoalgebras over them or over simple finite-dimensional Lie algebras. The present paper is the third in our series on representation theory of simple Lie pseudoalgebras. In the first paper, we showed that any finite irreducible module over a primitive Lie pseudoalgebra of type W or S is either an irreducible tensor module or the image of the differential in a member of the pseudo de Rham complex. In the second paper, we established a similar result for primitive Lie pseudoalgebras of type K, with the pseudo de Rham complex replaced by a certain reduction, called the contact pseudo de Rham complex. This reduction in the context of contact geometry was discovered by M. Rumin [Rum]. In the present paper, we show that for primitive Lie pseudoalgebras of type H, a similar to type K result holds with the contact pseudo de Rham complex replaced by a suitable complex. However, the type H case in more involved, since the annihilation algebra is not the corresponding Lie-Cartan algebra, as in other cases, but an irreducible central extension. When the action of the center of the annihilation algebra is trivial, this complex is related to work by M. Eastwood [E] on conformally symplectic geometry, and we call it conformally symplectic pseudo de Rham complex.

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Poisson vertex algebra cohomology and differential Harrison cohomology

We construct a canonical map from the Poisson vertex algebra cohomology complex to the differential Harrison cohomology complex, which restricts to an isomorphism on the top degree. This is an important step in the computation of Poisson vertex algebra and vertex algebra cohomologies.

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An operadic approach to vertex algebra and Poisson vertex algebra cohomology

We translate the construction of the chiral operad by Beilinson and Drinfeld to the purely algebraic language of vertex algebras. Consequently, the general construction of a cohomology complex associated to a linear operad produces a vertex algebra cohomology complex. Likewise, the associated graded of the chiral operad leads to a classical operad, which produces a Poisson vertex algebra cohomology complex. The latter is closely related to the variational Poisson cohomology studied by two of the authors.

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Darboux transformations and Fay identities for the extended bigraded Toda hierarchy

The extended bigraded Toda hierarchy (EBTH) is an integrable system satisfied by the Gromov-Witten total descendant potential of $\mathbb{CP}^1$ with two orbifold points. We write a bilinear equation for the tau-function of the EBTH and derive Fay identities from it. We show that the action of Darboux transformations on the tau-function is given by vertex operators. As a consequence, we obtain generalized Fay identities.

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Twisted logarithmic modules of lattice vertex algebras

Twisted modules over vertex algebras formalize the relations among twisted vertex operators and have applications to conformal field theory and representation theory. A recent generalization, called twisted logarithmic module, involves the logarithm of the formal variable and is related to logarithmic conformal field theory. We investigate twisted logarithmic modules of lattice vertex algebras, reducing their classification to the classification of modules over a certain group. This group is a semidirect product of a discrete Heisenberg group and a central extension of the additive group of the lattice.

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Inhomogeneous supersymmetric bilinear forms

We consider inhomogeneous supersymmetric bilinear forms, i.e., forms that are neither even nor odd. We classify such forms up to dimension seven in the case when the restrictions of the form to the even and odd parts of the superspace are nondegenerate. As an application, we introduce a new type of oscillator Lie superalgebra.

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Twisted logarithmic modules of free field algebras

Given a non-semisimple automorphism $φ$ of a vertex algebra $V$, the fields in a $φ$-twisted $V$-module involve the logarithm of the formal variable, and the action of the Virasoro operator $L_0$ on such module is not semisimple. We construct examples of such modules and realize them explicitly as Fock spaces when $V$ is generated by free fields. Specifically, we consider the cases of symplectic fermions (odd superbosons), free fermions, and $βγ$-system (even superfermions). In each case, we determine the action of the Virasoro algebra.

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Additional symmetries of the extended bigraded Toda hierarchy

The extended bigraded Toda hierarchy (EBTH) is an integrable system satisfied by the total descendant potential of $\mathbb{CP}^1$ with two orbifold points. We construct additional symmetries of the EBTH and describe explicitly their action on the Lax operator, wave operators, and tau-function of the hierarchy. In particular, we obtain infinitesimal symmetries of the EBTH that act on the tau-function as a subalgebra of the Virasoro algebra, generalizing those of Dubrovin and Zhang.

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