The structure of Zhuʼs algebras for certain W-algebras

We introduce a new approach that allows us to determine the structure of Zhuʼs algebra for certain vertex operator (super)algebras which admit horizontal Z-grading. By using this method and an earlier description of Zhuʼs algebra for the singlet W-algebra, we completely describe the structure of Zhuʼs algebra for the triplet vertex algebra W(p). As a consequence, we prove that Zhuʼs algebra A(W(p)) and the related Poisson algebra P(W(p)) have the same dimension. We also completely describe Zhuʼs algebras for the N=1 triplet vertex operator superalgebra SW(m). Moreover, we obtain similar results for the c=0 triplet vertex algebra W2,3, important in logarithmic conformal field theory. Because our approach is “internal” we had to employ several constant term identities for purposes of getting right upper bounds on dim(A(V)).This work is, in a way, a continuation of the results published in Adamović and Milas (2008) [4].