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Orthosymplectic Feigin-Semikhatov duality

Representation Theory 2026-01-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study the representation theory of the subregular W-algebra Wk(so2n+1,fsub)\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1},f_{sub}) of type B and the principal W-superalgebra W(osp22n)\mathcal{W}^\ell(\mathfrak{osp}_{2|2n}), which are related by an orthosymplectic analogue of Feigin-Semikhatov duality in type A. We establish a block-wise equivalence of weight modules over the W-superalgebras by using the relative semi-infinite cohomology functor and spectral flow twists, which generalizes the result of Feigin-Semikhatov-Tipunin for the N=2 superconformal algebra. In particular, the correspondence of Wakimoto type free field representations is obtained. When the level of the subregular W-algebra is exceptional, we classify the simple modules over the simple quotients Wk(so2n+1,fsub)\mathcal{W}_k(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1},f_{sub}) and W(osp22n)\mathcal{W}_\ell(\mathfrak{osp}_{2|2n}) and derive the character formulae.

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@article{arxiv.2307.14574,
  title  = {Orthosymplectic Feigin-Semikhatov duality},
  author = {Justine Fasquel and Shigenori Nakatsuka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.14574},
  year   = {2026}
}

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61 pages in English, accepted version (to appear in Sel. Math. New Ser.)

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