Orbifold Vertex Operator Algebras and the Positivity Condition

Abstract

In this note we show that the irreducible twisted modules of a holomorphic, $C_2$-cofinite vertex operator algebra $V$ have $L_0$-weights at least as large as the smallest $L_0$-weight of $V$. Hence, if $V$ is of CFT-type, then the twisted $V$-modules are almost strictly positively graded. This in turn implies that the fixed-point vertex operator subalgebra $V^G$ for a finite, solvable group of automorphisms of $V$ almost satisfies the positivity condition. These and some further results are obtained by a careful analysis of Dong, Li and Mason's twisted modular invariance.