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  Orbifold CFT of SU(2)/G and SO(3)/G

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In this paper by Dijkgraaf, Vafa, Verlinde, Verlinde, orbifold CFT is discussed.

In that paper, it outlined that orbifold CFT provides a way to generate the new theories from the old known ones. (i.e. "... it would be very interesting to devise operations that act on the space of RCFT's and generate new theories from a given one. As an example one can think of the construction of nondiagonal modular invariant combinations of characters, coset models, etc. Another operation of that kind is the concept of an orbifold.")

In p.521, Table 6 of this paper, they provide an example of SU(2)/H$_8$ $\simeq$ SU(2)/($Z_2 \times Z_2$) orbifold. (here H$_8$ is a quaternion group.)

Question:

$\bullet$ Here I am interested in orbifold CFT of SU(2)/G and SO(3)/G kinds (with G as its normal subgroup) . Can someone provide some more examples and data (i.e. S and T matrix, fusions of quasi-particles) of SU(2)/G and SO(3)/G orbifold CFT?

$\bullet$ What are their central charges $c$ of this 1+1D CFT? (e.g. what is the central charge of this SU(2)/D$_2$ model?) What is their ground state degeneracy of 2+1D bulk TQFT on the spatial $T^2$ torus?

$\bullet$ If there is also information on its corresponding twisted quantum doubles, in the form of $D^\omega(G')$ of some certain group $G'$. It will be nicer.

Reference and books are welcome, but please offer summaries instead of just giving Reference. (ps. Francesco yellow-book CFT Sec 17.8.4 has some discussions, but I could not find orbifold CFT of $SO(3)/D_n$ of $D_n$ dihedral group or $SU(2)/H$ of $H$ as a quaternion.)

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-06-04 11:32 (UCT), posted by SE-user Idear
asked Dec 23, 2013 in Theoretical Physics by wonderich (1,500 points) [ no revision ]
Please see a relevant question here at Mathoverflow.. Feel free to post partial thoughts as answers. It needs NOT to be a complete story. A partial story is welcome. :)

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-06-04 11:32 (UCT), posted by SE-user Idear
Do you mean SU(2) at level 1 or in general?

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-06-04 11:32 (UCT), posted by SE-user Marcel
Whatever examples you can give is fine. Giving some examples are good enough. The more (complete) the better still.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-06-04 11:32 (UCT), posted by SE-user Idear
For SU(2) at level 1 there is a $SO(3)$ action, the $SO(3)$ fixed point is just the Virasoro model with central charge 1, the $U(1)$ fixed point is the free current. The (finite group) orbifolds are in one-to-one correspondence with A-D-E Dynkin diagram via McKay correspondence.

This post imported from StackExchange Physics at 2014-06-04 11:32 (UCT), posted by SE-user Marcel

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