Mihály Weiner

A generalized Pauli problem and an infinite family of MUB-triplets in dimension 6

We exhibit an infinite family of triplets of mutually unbiased bases (MUBs) in dimension 6. These triplets involve the Fourier family of Hadamard matrices, F(a, b). However, in the main result of this paper we also prove that for any values of the parameters (a, b), the standard basis and F(a, b) cannot be extended to a MUB-quartet. The main novelty lies in the method of proof which may successfully be applied in the future to prove that the maximal number of MUBs in dimension 6 is three.

From Vertex Operator Algebras to Conformal Nets and Back

We consider unitary simple vertex operator algebras whose vertex operators satisfy certain energy bounds and a strong form of locality and call them strongly local. We present a general procedure which associates to every strongly local vertex operator algebra V a conformal net A_V acting on the Hilbert space completion of V and prove that the isomorphism class of A_V does not depend on the choice of the scalar product on V. We show that the class of strongly local vertex operator algebras is closed under taking tensor products and unitary subalgebras and that, for every strongly local vertex operator algebra V, the map W→A_W gives a one-to-one correspondence between the unitary subalgebras W of V and the covariant subnets of A_V. Many known examples of vertex operator algebras such as the unitary Virasoro vertex operator algebras, the unitary affine Lie algebras vertex operator algebras, the known c = 1 unitary vertex operator algebras, the moonshine vertex operator algebra, together with their coset and orbifold subalgebras, turn out to be strongly local. We give various applications of our results. In particular we show that the even shorter Moonshine vertex operator algebra is strongly local and that the automorphism group of the corresponding conformal net is the Baby Monster group. We prove that a construction of Fredenhagen and Jorss gives back the strongly local vertex operator algebra V from the conformal net A_V and give conditions on a conformal net A implying that A = A_V for some strongly local vertex operator algebra V.

On the uniqueness of diffeomorphism symmetry in conformal field theory

A Möbius covariant net of von Neumann algebras on S1 is diffeomorphism covariant if its Möbius symmetry extends to diffeomorphism symmetry. We prove that in case the net is either a Virasoro net or any at least 4-regular net such an extension is unique: the local algebras together with the Möbius symmetry (equivalently: the local algebras together with the vacuum vector) completely determine it. We draw the two following conclusions for such theories. (1) The value of the central charge c is an invariant and hence the Virasoro nets for different values of c are not isomorphic as Möbius covariant nets. (2) A vacuum preserving internal symmetry always commutes with the diffeomorphism symmetries. We further use our result to give a large class of new examples of nets (even strongly additive ones), which are not diffeomorphism covariant; i.e. which do not admit an extension of the symmetry to Diff+(S1).

Representations of Conformal Nets, Universal C*-Algebras and K-Theory

We study the representation theory of a conformal net

COMPLEMENTARITY AND THE ALGEBRAIC STRUCTURE OF FOUR-LEVEL QUANTUM SYSTEMS

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An Algebraic Version of Haag’s Theorem

on S1 from a K-theoretical point of view using its universal C*-algebra

Poincare Covariance of Relativistic Quantum Position

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