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Representations of shifted affine quantum groups and Coulomb branches

Representation Theory 2025-12-30 v3

Abstract

We compare the integral category O of shifted affine quantum groups of symmetric and non symmetric types. To do so we compute the K-theoretic analog of the Coulomb branches with symmetrizers introduced by Nakajima and Weekes. This yields an equivalence of the category O with a module category over a new type of quiver Hecke algebras. At the decategorified level, this establishes a connection between the Grothendieck group of O and a finite-dimensional module over a simple Lie algebra of unfolded symmetric type. We compute this module in certain cases and give a combinatorial rule for its crystal.

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@article{arxiv.2503.06262,
  title  = {Representations of shifted affine quantum groups and Coulomb branches},
  author = {Michela Varagnolo and Eric Vasserot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.06262},
  year   = {2025}
}

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58 pages