%0 Journal Article
%T A remark on simplicity of vertex algebras and Lie conformal algebras
%A Alessandro D'Andrea
%J Mathematics
%D 2006
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/j.jalgebra.2007.09.009
%X I give a short proof of the following algebraic statement: if a vertex algebra is simple, then its underlying Lie conformal algebra is either abelian, or it is an irreducible central extension of a simple Lie conformal algebra.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0609359v2