On free conformal and vertex algebras

In this paper, we study the concept of associative $n$-conformal algebra over a field of characteristic 0 and establish Composition-Diamond lemma for a free associative $n$-conformal algebra. As an application, we construct Gr\"{o}bner-Shirshov bases for Lie $n$-conformal algebras presented by generators and defining relations.

We consider C-graded vertex algebras, which are vertex algebras V with a C-grading such that V is an admissible V-module generated by 'lowest weight vectors'. We show that such vertex algebras have a 'good' representation theory in the sense that there is a Zhu algebra A(V) and a bijection between simple admissible V-modules and simple A(V)-modules. We also consider pseudo vertex operator algebras, which are C-graded vertex algebras with a conformal vector such that the homog...

The notion of {\it free} generalized vertex algebras is introduced. It is equivalent to the notion of {\it generalized principal subspaces} associated with lattices which are not necessarily integral. Combinatorial bases and the characters of the free generalized vertex algebras are given. As an application, the commutants of principal subspaces are described by using generalized principal subspaces.

This article will appear in the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics (Elsevier, 2006).

The aim of this paper is to study a Lie conformal algebra of Block type. In this paper, conformal derivation, conformal module of rank 1 and low-dimensional comohology of the Lie conformal algebra of Block type are studied. Also, the vertex Poisson algebra structure associated with the Lie conformal algebra of Block type is constructed.

This note is to show the effectiveness of the notion of pseudoalgebra in the theory of conformal algebras. We adduce very simple construction of free associative conformal algebra and find its linear basis. There is no any new result but we hope that the technique could be useful for further development of the theory of conformal algebras and pseudoalgebras.

In this paper, we study a notion of what we call vertex Leibniz algebra. This notion naturally extends that of vertex algebra without vacuum, which was previously introduced by Huang and Lepowsky. We show that every vertex algebra without vacuum can be naturally extended to a vertex algebra. On the other hand, we show that a vertex Leibniz algebra can be embedded into a vertex algebra if and only if it admits a faithful module. To each vertex Leibniz algebra we associate a ve...

Let $C(B,N)$ be the free associative conformal algebra generated by a set $B$ with a bounded locality $N$. Let $S$ be a subset of $C(B,N)$. A Composition-Diamond lemma for associative conformal algebras is firstly established by Bokut, Fong, and Ke in 2004 \cite{BFK04} which claims that if (i) $S$ is a Gr\"obner-Shirshov basis in $C(B,N)$, then (ii) the set of $S$-irreducible words is a linear basis of the quotient conformal algebra $C(B,N|S)$, but not conversely. In this pap...

In this paper we classify, under certain restrictions, all homogeneous conformal subalgebras $\goth L$ of a lattice vertex superalgebra $V_\Lambda$ corresponding to an integer lattice $\Lambda$. We require that $\goth L$ is graded by an almost finite root system $\Delta\subset \Lambda$ and that $\goth L$ is stable under the action of the Heisenberg conformal algebra $\goth H\subset V_\Lambda$. We also describe the root systems of these subalgebras. The key ingredient of this ...

Vertex Lie algebras were introduced as analogues of vertex algebras, but in which we only consider the singular part of the vertex operator map and the equalities it satisfies. In this paper, we extend the definition of vertex Lie algebras to the differential graded (dg) setting. We construct a pair of adjoint functors between the categories of dg vertex algebras and dg vertex Lie algebras, which leads to the explicit construction of dg vertex (operator) algebras. We will giv...