The protected chiral algebra of the T_n SCFT for n at least 3

Let TnT_n be the four-dimensional SCFT associated to a three-punctured sphere of type An1A_{n-1}, and let its protected chiral algebra be the two-dimensional chiral algebra assigned by the four-dimensional chiral algebra construction. Write \bigwedge^{\ell} for the \ellth exterior-power representation of su(n)\mathfrak{su}(n).

The T_n chiral algebra conjecture. The protected chiral algebra of the TnT_n SCFT for any n3n\geqslant3 is a W\mathcal{W}-algebra with the following generators: three sets of su(n)3\mathfrak{su}(n)^3 affine currents at critical level k=nk=-n; one current of dimension 12(n)\frac12\ell(n-\ell) transforming in (,,)(\bigwedge^{\ell},\bigwedge^{\ell},\bigwedge^{\ell}) for each =1,,n1\ell=1,\ldots,n-1; and su(n)3\mathfrak{su}(n)^3-singlet operators WiW_i, i=1,,n1i=1,\ldots,n-1, of dimension i+1i+1. The dimension-two operator is a stress tensor, W1(z)T(z)W_1(z)\equiv T(z), with Virasoro central charge

c2d=2n3+3n2+n2.c_{2d}=-2n^3+3n^2+n-2.

In special cases some of these operators may be redundant.

For n=3n=3, the stated characterization is realized by the e6\mathfrak{e}_6 current algebra at the appropriate level; uniqueness is under investigation for T4T_4, while the general existence and structure of the proposed W\mathcal{W}-algebras remain open.

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Christopher Beem, Wolfger Peelaers, Leonardo Rastelli and Balt C. van Rees, “Chiral algebras of class S”, arXiv:1408.6522 (2016).

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