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We prove that all classical affine W-algebras W(g,f), where g is a simple Lie algebra and f is its non-zero nilpotent element, admit an integrable hierarchy of bi-Hamiltonian PDEs, except possibly for one nilpotent conjugacy class in G_2,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-01-28 Alberto De Sole , Mamuka Jibladze , Victor G. Kac , Daniele Valeri

For the semisimple Lie algebra $ \frak{sl}_n$, the basic representation $L_{\widehat{\frak{sl}_{n}}}(1,0)$ of the affine Lie algebra $\widehat{\frak{sl}_{n}}$ is a lattice vertex operator algebra. The first main result of the paper is to…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-06-18 Cuipo , Jiang , Zongzhu Lin

We study W-algebras obtained by quantum Hamiltonian reduction of $sl(Mn)$ associated to the $sl(2)$ embedding of rectangular type. The algebra can be realized as the asymptotic symmetry of higher spin gravity with $M \times M$ matrix valued…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-23 Thomas Creutzig , Yasuaki Hikida

We show that the affine vertex superalgebra $V^k(\mathfrak{osp}_{1|2n})$ at generic level $k$ embeds in the equivariant $\mathcal W$-algebra of $\mathfrak{sp}_{2n}$ times $4n$ free fermions. This has two corollaries: (1) it provides a new…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Thomas Creutzig , Naoki Genra , Andrew Linshaw

Let $\frak g$ be a finite dimensional complex semi-simple Lie algebra with Weyl group $W$ and simple reflections $S$. For $I\subseteq S$ let $\frak g_I$ be the corresponding semi-simple subalgebra of $\frak g$. Denote by $W_I$ the Weyl…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2008-06-19 Johan Kåhrström

For the affine vertex algebra $V_k(\mathfrak{g})$ at an admissible level $k$ of $\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$, we prove that certain subcategory of weak $V_k(\mathfrak{g})$-module category is semisimple. As a consequence, we show that…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2023-07-05 Xingjun Lin

For a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$, we use the vertex tensor category theory of Huang and Lepowsky to identify the category of standard modules for the affine Lie algebra $\hat{\mathfrak{g}}$ at a fixed level…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-10-02 Robert McRae

Let $\mathbb{F}$ be a field of characteristic zero and let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a non-zero finite-dimensional split semisimple Lie algebra with root system $\Delta$. Let $\Gamma$ be a finite set of integral weights of $\mathfrak{g}$ containing…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Hogir Mohammed Yaseen

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a real finite-dimensional Lie algebra equipped with a symmetric bilinear form $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle$. We assume that $\langle\cdot,\cdot\rangle $ is nil-invariant. This means that every nilpotent operator in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-12-11 Oliver Baues , Wolfgang Globke , Abdelghani Zeghib

In this paper we consider the structure of general quantum W-algebras. We introduce the notions of deformability, positive-definiteness, and reductivity of a W-algebra. We show that one can associate a reductive finite Lie algebra to each…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 P. Bowcock , G Watts

We review the construction of Drinfeld-Sokolov type hierarchies and classical W-algebras in a Hamiltonian symmetry reduction framework. We describe the list of graded regular elements in the Heisenberg subalgebras of the nontwisted loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Feher

We study theories with W-algebra symmetries and their relation to WZNW models on (super-)groups. Correlation functions of the WZNW models are expressed in terms of correlators of CFTs with W-algebra symmetry. The symmetries of the theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-03-23 Thomas Creutzig , Yasuaki Hikida , Peter B. Ronne

We consider the (finite) $W$-algebra $W_{m|n}$ attached to the principal nilpotent orbit in the general linear Lie superalgebra $\mathfrak{gl}_{m|n}(\mathbb C)$. Our main result gives an explicit description of $W_{m|n}$ as a certain…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Jonathan Brown , Jonathan Brundan , Simon M. Goodwin

Starting from bosonization, we study the operator that commute or commute up-to a total difference with of any quantized screen operator of a free field. We show that if there exists a operator in the form of a sum of two vertex operators…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jintai Ding , Boris Feigin

Let g be a semisimple Lie algebra over an algebraically closed field K of characteristic 0 and O be a nilpotent orbit in g. Then Orb is a symplectic algebraic variety and one can ask whether it is possible to quantize $\Orb$ (in an…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-04-13 Ivan Losev

We define quantum W-algebras generalizing the results of Reshetikhin and the second author, and Shiraishi-Kubo-Awata-Odake. The quantum W-algebra associated to sl_N is an associative algebra depending on two parameters. For special values…

q-alg · Mathematics 2009-10-28 Boris Feigin , Edward Frenkel

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple, simply-laced Lie algebra and $f \in \mathfrak{g}$ nilpotent. The Kazhdan-Lusztig category of the W-algebra $W^\kappa(\mathfrak{g},f)$ associated with $(\mathfrak{g},f)$ at level $\kappa \in \mathbb{C}$ is…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Thomas Creutzig , Gurbir Dhillon , Shigenori Nakatsuka

We overview classifications of simple infinite-dimensional complex $\mathbb{Z}$-graded Lie (super)algebras of polynomial growth, and their deformations. A subset of such Lie (super)algebras consist of vectorial Lie (super)algebras whose…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Dimitry Leites , Irina Shchepochkina

We find all values of $k\in \mathbb C$, for which the embedding of the maximal affine vertex algebra in a simple minimal W-algebra $W_k(\mathfrak g,\theta)$ is conformal, where $\mathfrak g$ is a basic simple Lie superalgebra and $-\theta$…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Drazen Adamovic , Victor G. Kac , Pierluigi Moseneder Frajria , Paolo Papi , Ozren Perse

We consider finite W-algebras U(g,e) associated to even multiplicity nilpotent elements in classical Lie algebras. We give a classification of finite dimensional irreducible U(g,e)-modules with integral central character in terms of the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-10-12 Jonathan S. Brown , Simon M. Goodwin