Compact automorphism groups of vertex operator algebras

Abstract

Let $V$ be a simple vertex operator algebra which admits the continuous, faithful action of a compact Lie group $G$ of automorphisms. We establish a Schur-Weyl type duality between the unitary, irreducible modules for $G$ and the irreducible modules for $V^G$ which are contained in $V$ where $V^G$ is the space of $G$-invariants of $V.$ We also prove a concomitant Galois correspondence between vertex operator subalgebras of $V$ which contain $V^G$ and closed Lie subgroups of $G$ in the case that $G$ is abelian.