Construction of vertex operator algebras from commutative associative algebras

Abstract

Given a commutative associative algebra A with an associative form (’), we construct a vertex operator algebra V with the weight two space V₂;≅ A If in addition the form (’) is nondegenerate, we show that there is a simple vertex operator algebra with V₂;≅ A We also show that if A is semisimple, then the vertex operator algebra constructed is the tensor products of a certain number of Virasoro vertex operator algebras.