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Comments on the operator algebra of the (2,0) theory Beem, Christopher

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The algebra of local operators in the (2,0) theory is strongly constrained by superconformal invariance and associativity of the operator product expansion. I will describe a “twist” of this algebra that produces a structure equivalent to that of a two-dimensional vertex operator algebra (VOA). I will further argue that the VOA obtained in this way from the (2,0) theory of type g is the corresponding affine W-algebra. The algebra of local operators associated to a defect operator in the (2,0) theory can be similarly twisted, and the resulting VOA identified as an affine current algebra at the critical level.

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