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Vertex algebras from divisors on Calabi-Yau threefolds

Representation Theory 2023-12-07 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Algebraic Geometry math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We construct vertex algebras V(Y,S)\mathbb{V}(Y,S) from divisors SS on toric Calabi-Yau threefolds YY, satisfying conjectures of Gaiotto-Rapcak and Feigin-Gukov, as the kernel of screening operators on lattice vertex algebras determined by the GKM graph of YY and a filtration on OS\mathcal{O}_S. We prove that there are representations of V(Y,S)\mathbb{V}(Y,S) on the homology groups of various moduli spaces of coherent sheaves on YY supported on SS constructed in a companion paper with Rapcak, defined by certain Hecke modifications of these sheaves along points and curve classes in the divisor SS. This generalizes the common mathematical formulation of a conjecture of Alday-Gaiotto-Tachikawa, the special case in which Y=C3Y=\mathbb{C}^3 and S=r[C2]S=r[\mathbb{C}^2], to toric threefolds and divisors as proposed by Gaiotto-Rapcak. We outline an approach to the general conjecture and prove many special cases and partial results using tools developed in the companion paper, following the proof of the original conjecture by Schiffmann-Vasserot and its generalization to divisors in C3\mathbb{C}^3 by Rapcak-Soibelman-Yang-Zhao. The vertex algebras V(Y,S)\mathbb{V}(Y,S) conjecturally include WW-superalgebras Wf0,f1κ(glmn) W_{f_0,f_1}^\kappa(\mathfrak{gl}_{m|n}) and genus zero class S\mathcal{S} chiral algebras VGlm;f1,...,fkS\mathbb{V}^{\mathcal{S}}_{\text{Gl}_m;f_1,...,f_k}, each for general nilpotents fif_i. By definition, this implies the existence of a family of compatible free field realizations of these vertex algebras, relevant to their parabolic induction and inverse quantum Hamiltonian reduction. We prove these conjectures in the examples of lowest non-trivial rank for each case, and outline the proof in general for some cases.

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@article{arxiv.2312.03648,
  title  = {Vertex algebras from divisors on Calabi-Yau threefolds},
  author = {Dylan Butson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.03648},
  year   = {2023}
}

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67 pages, 25 figures. Comments welcome!