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Trialities of orthosymplectic $\mathcal{W}$-algebras

Representation Theory 2022-11-29 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Trialities of W\mathcal{W}-algebras are isomorphisms between the affine cosets of three different W\mathcal{W}-(super)algebras, and were first conjectured in the physics literature by Gaiotto and Rap\v{c}\'ak. In this paper we prove trialities among eight families of W\mathcal{W}-(super)algebras of types BB, CC, and DD. The key idea is to identify the affine cosets of these algebras with one-parameter quotients of the universal two-parameter even spin W\mathcal{W}_{\infty}-algebra which was recently constructed by Kanade and the second author. Our result is a vast generalization of both Feigin-Frenkel duality in types BB, CC, and DD, and the coset realization of principal W\mathcal{W}-algebras of type DD due to Arakawa and us. It also provides a new coset realization of principal W\mathcal{W}-algebras of types BB and CC. As an application, we prove the rationality of the affine vertex superalgebra Lk(osp12n)L_k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n}), the minimal W\mathcal{W}-algebra Wk1/2(sp2n+2,fmin)\mathcal{W}_{k-1/2}(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n+2}, f_{\text{min}}), and the coset Com(Lk(sp2m),Lk(sp2n))\text{Com}(L_k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2m}), L_k(\mathfrak{sp}_{2n})), for all integers k,n,m1k,n,m \geq 1 with m<nm<n. We also prove the rationality of some families of principal W\mathcal{W}-superalgebras of osp12n\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n} and osp22n\mathfrak{osp}_{2|2n}, and subregular W\mathcal{W}-algebras of so2n+1\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1}

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@article{arxiv.2102.10224,
  title  = {Trialities of orthosymplectic $\mathcal{W}$-algebras},
  author = {Thomas Creutzig and Andrew R. Linshaw},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10224},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

Some corrections and expository improvements, references added, final version to appear in Advances in Mathematics