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W-algebra (of finite type) W is a certain associative algebra associated with a semisimple Lie algebra, say g, and its nilpotent element, say e. The goal of this paper is to study the category O for W introduced by Brundan, Goodwin and…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2009-05-31 Ivan Losev

We derive explicit formulas for lambda-brackets of the affine classical W-algebras attached to the minimal and short nilpotent elements of any simple Lie algebra g. This is used to compute explicitly the first non-trivial PDE of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-18 Alberto De Sole , Victor G. Kac , Daniele Valeri

We show that supersymmetric(SUSY) W-algebra of generic level can be realized as an intersection of the kernels of the screening operators. Applying this result to principal SUSY W-algebras, we get their free field realization inside the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-07-30 Arim Song

Let g be a complex simple Lie algebra, f a nilpotent element of g. We show that (1) the center of the W-algebra $W^{cri}(g,f)$ associated with (g,f) at the critical level coincides with the Feigin-Frenkel center of the affine Lie algebra…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-08-11 Tomoyuki Arakawa

By quantizing the generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction scheme for arbitrary $sl_2$ embeddings we show that a large set $\cal W$ of quantum W algebras can be viewed as (BRST) cohomologies of affine Lie algebras. The set $\cal W$ contains…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Jan de Boer , Tjark Tjin

W-algebras are a class of non-commutative algebras related to the classical universal enveloping algebras. They can be defined as a subquotient of U(g) related to a choice of nilpotent element e and compatible nilpotent subalgebra m. The…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-26 Stephen Morgan

We prove that any classical affine W-algebra W(g,f), where g is a classical Lie algebra and f is an arbitrary nilpotent element of g, carries an integrable Hamiltonian hierarchy of Lax type equations. This is based on the theories of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-06-11 Alberto De Sole , Victor G. Kac , Daniele Valeri

In this paper we realize the supersymmetric classical $W$-algebras $\mathcal{W}(\overline{\mathfrak{gl}}(n+1|n))$ and $\mathcal{W}(\overline{\mathfrak{gl}}(n|n))$ as differential algebras generated by the coefficients of a monic…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-07-30 Sylvain Carpentier , UhiRinn Suh

The equivariant $\mathcal{W}$-algebra of a simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ is a BRST reduction of the algebra of chiral differential operators on the Lie group of $\mathfrak{g}$. We construct a family of vertex algebras $A[\mathfrak{g},…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-05-17 Thomas Creutzig , Shigenori Nakatsuka

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$ and $G$ be the corresponding simply connected algebraic group. Consider a nilpotent element $e\in \mathfrak{g}$, the corresponding element $\chi=(e, \bullet)$ in $\mathfrak{g}^*$,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Dmytro Matvieievskyi

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple Lie algebra. Frenkel and Reshetikhin introduced the deformed $W$-algebra $\mathbf{W}_{qt}(\mathfrak{g})$. In this work, we propose a formal reformulation of this definition in a different context. In this…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-05-08 Hicham Assakaf

With a nilpotent element in a semisimple Lie algebra g one associates a finitely generated associative algebra W called a W-algebra of finite type. This algebra is obtained from the universal enveloping algebra U(g) by a certain Hamiltonian…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-06-03 Ivan Losev

We study the representation theory of the subregular W-algebra $\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1},f_{sub})$ of type B and the principal W-superalgebra $\mathcal{W}^\ell(\mathfrak{osp}_{2|2n})$, which are related by an orthosymplectic…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Justine Fasquel , Shigenori Nakatsuka

Families of vertex algebras associated to nilpotent elements of simply-laced Lie algebras are constructed. These algebras are close cousins of logarithmic W-algebras of Feigin and Tipunin and they are also obtained as modifications of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-12-26 Thomas Creutzig

We construct a new family of affine $W$-algebras $W^k(\lambda,\mu)$ parameterized by partitions $\lambda$ and $\mu$ associated with the centralizers of nilpotent elements in $\mathfrak{gl}_N$. The new family unifies a few known classes of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-02-23 Dong Jun Choi , Alexander Molev , Uhi Rinn Suh

We study the problem of classification of triples ($\mathfrak{g}, f, k$), where $\mathfrak{g}$ is a simple Lie algebra, $f$ its nilpotent element and $k \in \CC$, for which the simple $W$-algebra $W_k (\mathfrak{g}, f)$ is rational.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-01-17 Victor G. Kac , Minoru Wakimoto

Let $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0}+\mathfrak{g}_{\bar 1}$ be a basic Lie superalgebra over $\mathbb{C}$, and $e$ a minimal nilpotent element in $\mathfrak{g}_{\bar 0}$. Set $W_\chi'$ to be the refined $W$-superalgebra associated with…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Yang Zeng , Bin Shu

Let $\mathfrak p$ be a proper parabolic subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$. Writing $\mathfrak p=\mathfrak r\oplus \mathfrak m$, with $\mathfrak r$ being the Levi factor of $\mathfrak p$ and $\mathfrak m$ the nilpotent radical…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-10-11 Florence Fauquant-Millet

We consider Drinfeld-Sokolov bihamiltonian structure associated to a distinguished nilpotent elements of semisimple type and the space of common equilibrium points defined by its leading term. On this space, we construct a local…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-17 Yassir Ibrahim Dinar

Let g = Lie(G) be the Lie algebra of a simple algebraic group G over an algebraically closed field of characteristic 0. Let e be a nilpotent element of g and let g_e = Lie(G_e) where G_e stands for the stabiliser of e in G. For g classical,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-07-16 Alexander Premet , Lewis Topley