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W-algebras, Gaussian Free Fields and $\mathfrak{g}$-Dotsenko-Fateev integrals

Mathematical Physics 2025-09-23 v2 math.MP Probability Quantum Algebra Representation Theory

Abstract

Based on the intrinsic connection between Gaussian Free Fields and the Heisenberg vertex algebra, we study some aspects of the correspondence between probability theory and WW-algebras. This is first achieved by providing a construction of the WW-algebra associated to a complex simple Lie algebra g\mathfrak g by means of Gaussian Free Fields. This correspondence in turn allows to translate algebraic statements into actual constraints for free-field correlation functions. This leads to new integrability results for Dotsenko-Fateev integrals associated to g\mathfrak g, such as Ward identities and the derivation of a new Fuchsian differential equation for deformations of B2B_2-Dotsenko-Fateev integrals arising from the Mukhin-Varchenko conjecture. Along the proof of this statement we also provide new results on representation theory of WW-algebras such as the description of some singular vectors for the WW-algebra associated to g=B2\mathfrak g=B_2.

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@article{arxiv.2412.12657,
  title  = {W-algebras, Gaussian Free Fields and $\mathfrak{g}$-Dotsenko-Fateev integrals},
  author = {Baptiste Cerclé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12657},
  year   = {2025}
}

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