The quantum Hamiltonian reduction conjecture for Wn(2)W^{(2)}_n

Let n>1n>1, and let φn:sl(2)sl(n)\varphi_n:\mathfrak{sl}(2)\rightarrow\mathfrak{sl}(n) be an embedding such that, as sl(2)\mathfrak{sl}(2)-modules, sl(n)\mathfrak{sl}(n) decomposes as

λn1λn1i=1n1λ2i1,\lambda_{n-1}\oplus\lambda_{n-1}\oplus\bigoplus_{i=1}^{n-1}\lambda_{2i-1},

where λm\lambda_m is the mm-dimensional irreducible representation of sl(2)\mathfrak{sl}(2). Let Wn(2)\mathcal W^{(2)}_n of level kk be the quantum Hamiltonian reduction of the affine vertex algebra of sl(n)\mathfrak{sl}(n) of level kk associated with φn\varphi_n, and let Wn(2)W^{(2)}_n be the Feigin–Semikhatov algebra of level kk. Quantum Hamiltonian reduction conjecture. For n>1n>1, the two algebras Wn(2)\mathcal W^{(2)}_n and Wn(2)W^{(2)}_n, both of level kk, are isomorphic. This would identify the Feigin–Semikhatov algebras with quantum Hamiltonian reductions for the specified non-principal embeddings; the statement is presented as unproved in the source and remains open.

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Thomas Creutzig, David Ridout and Simon Wood, “Coset Constructions of Logarithmic (1,p)-Models”, arXiv:1305.2665 (2014).

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