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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

$W$-algebras are certain algebraic structures associated to a finite dimensional Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ and a nilpotent element $f$ via Hamiltonian reduction. In this note we give a review of a recent approach to the study of (classical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Daniele Valeri

We discuss some aspects of the deformed W-algebras W_{q,t}[g]. In particular, we derive an explicit formula for the Kac determinant, and discuss the center when t^2 is a primitive k-th root of unity. The relation of the structure of…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2008-11-26 P. Bouwknegt , K. Pilch

In this paper we present Affine.m - program for computations in representation theory of finite-dimensional and affine Lie algebras and describe implemented algorithms. Algorithms are based upon the properties of weights and Weyl symmetry.…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-09 Anton Nazarov

In this paper, we prove classical affine W-algebras associated to Lie superalgebras (W-superalgebras) can be constructed in two different ways: via affine classical Hamiltonian reductions and via taking quasi-classical limits of quantum…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-22 Uhi Rinn Suh

First, we prove the Kac-Wakimoto conjecture on modular invariance of characters of exceptional affine W-algebras. In fact more generally we prove modular invariance of characters of all lisse W-algebras obtained through Hamiltonian…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2021-03-01 Tomoyuki Arakawa , Jethro van Ekeren

We consider the extended superconformal algebras of the Knizhnik-Bershadsky type with $W$-algebra like composite operators occurring in the commutation relations, but with generators of conformal dimension 1,$\frac{3}{2}$ and 2, only. These…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Ito , J. O. Madsen , J. L. Petersen

The property of some finite W algebras to be the commutant of a particular subalgebra of a simple Lie algebra G is used to construct realizations of G. When G=so(4,2), unitary representations of the conformal and Poincare algebras are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 F. Barbarin , E. Ragoucy , P. Sorba

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

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

In this paper, we establish a general criterion for good pairs, namely pairs consisting of a nilpotent orbit and an even good grading in a simple Lie algebra, which guarantees the existence of a quantum Hamiltonian reduction between…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Justine Fasquel , Shigenori Nakatsuka

Finite versions of W-algebras are introduced by considering (symplectic) reductions of finite dimensional simple Lie algebras. In particular a finite analogue of $W^{(2)}_3$ is introduced and studied in detail. Its unitary and non-unitary,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 T. Tjin

We construct a bijection between admissible representations for an affine Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}$ at boundary admissible levels and $\mathbb{C}^\times$ fixed points in homogeneous elliptic affine Springer fibres for the Langlands dual…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Peng Shan , Dan Xie , Wenbin Yan

Using free field representation of quantum affine algebra $U_q(\widehat{sl_2})$, we investigate the structure of the Fock modules over $U_q(\widehat{sl_2})$. The analisys is based on a $q$-analog of the BRST formalism given by Bernard and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 Hitoshi Konno

Smooth modules for affine Kac-Moody algebras have a prime importance for the quantum field theory as they correspond to the representations of the universal affine vertex algebras. But, very little is known about such modules beyond the…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-03 Vyacheslav Futorny , Xiangqian Guo , Yaohui Xue , Kaiming Zhao

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 study algebras constructed by quantum Hamiltonian reduction associated with symplectic quotients of symplectic vector spaces, including deformed preprojective algebras, symplectic reflection algebras (rational Cherednik algebras), and…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2013-11-08 Toshiro Kuwabara

It is well-known that affine Hecke algebras are very useful to describe the smooth representations of any connected reductive p-adic group G, in terms of the supercuspidal representations of its Levi subgroups. The goal of this paper is to…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-13 Anne-Marie Aubert , Ahmed Moussaoui , Maarten Solleveld

We apply results from the geometry of nilpotent orbits and nilpotent Slodowy slices, together with modularity and asymptotic analysis of characters, to prove many new isomorphisms between affine W-algebras and affine Kac-Moody vertex…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Tomoyuki Arakawa , Jethro van Ekeren , Anne Moreau

These are lecture notes from author's mini-course during Session 1: "Vertex algebras, W-algebras, and application" of INdAM Intensive research period "Perspectives in Lie Theory", at the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa,…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2017-02-15 Tomoyuki Arakawa