Genus-zero class S chiral algebras

Let a class S\mathcal{S} SCFT of type AnA_n be obtained from the six-dimensional (2,0)(2,0) theory on a UV curve of genus zero. Let WiW_i denote singlet generators of the protected chiral algebra, and let the additional currents correspond to generators of the four-dimensional Higgs-branch chiral ring.

Genus-zero chiral algebra conjecture. The protected chiral algebra is a W\mathcal{W}-algebra with singlet generators WiW_i, i=1,,ni=1,\ldots,n, of dimension i+1i+1, together with additional currents associated to Higgs-branch chiral-ring generators of the four-dimensional theory. In special cases some WiW_i may be composites; in particular, when the central charge equals its Sugawara value with respect to the affine currents, the stress tensor W1(z)W_1(z) is composite.

This extrapolates the proposed description of the TnT_n chiral algebras to all genus-zero class S\mathcal{S} theories. The source describes it as not extremely well-supported, so its general validity remains 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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