Successive quantum Hamiltonian reduction conjecture for type A W-algebras

Let λ=(λ1λ2λn)N\lambda=(\lambda_1\leq\lambda_2\leq\dots\leq\lambda_n)\vdash N, and set λ^i=(1,,1,λi)Ni\widehat{\lambda}_i=(1,\dots,1,\lambda_i)\vdash N_i with Ni=Nj>iλjN_i=N-\sum_{j>i}\lambda_j. Write Vk(slN)V^k(\mathfrak{sl}_N) for the universal affine vertex algebra and Hfλ^iH_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_i}} for quantum Hamiltonian reduction by the hook-type nilpotent indexed by λ^i\widehat{\lambda}_i. Successive reduction conjecture. For λN\lambda\vdash N, there is an isomorphism of vertex algebras

Wk(slN,fλ)Hfλ^1Hfλ^2Hfλ^n(Vk(slN)).\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{sl}_N,f_{\lambda})\simeq H_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{1}}}H_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{2}}}\dots H_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{n}}}\left(V^k(\mathfrak{sl}_N)\right).

Moreover, the functors HfλH_{f_\lambda} and Hfλ^1Hfλ^2Hfλ^nH_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{1}}}H_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{2}}}\dots H_{f_{\widehat{\lambda}_{n}}} from the Kazhdan--Lusztig category of Vk(g)V^k(\mathfrak{g})-modules to Wk(slN,fλ)\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{sl}_N,f_\lambda)-modules are naturally isomorphic. This conjecture proposes that arbitrary type A W-algebras can be obtained by iterating hook-type reductions, including compatibility of the resulting reduction functors.

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Thomas Creutzig, Justine Fasquel, Andrew R. Linshaw and Shigenori Nakatsuka, “On the structure of W-algebras in type A”, arXiv:2403.08212 (2024).

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