Conformal coset embedding conjecture for type A W-algebras

Let λ=(λ1λn)N\lambda=(\lambda_1\leq\dots\leq\lambda_n)\vdash N, let Ni=Nj>iλjN_i=N-\sum_{j>i}\lambda_j, and let Cki(slNi,fλ^i)C^{k_i^\sharp}(\mathfrak{sl}_{N_i},f_{\widehat{\lambda}_i}) be the affine coset associated with the hook-type W-algebra for λ^i=(1,,1,λi)\widehat{\lambda}_i=(1,\dots,1,\lambda_i). Let π\pi be a rank-one Heisenberg vertex algebra. Conformal embedding conjecture. At generic levels kk, for suitable levels kik_i^\sharp satisfying the level relations in the source, there is a conformal embedding

i=1nCki(slNi,fλ^i)π(n1)Wk(slN,fλ).\bigotimes_{i=1}^n C^{k_i^\sharp}(\mathfrak{sl}_{N_i},f_{\widehat{\lambda}_i})\otimes\pi^{\otimes(n-1)}\hookrightarrow\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{sl}_N,f_\lambda).

If k=N+p/qk=-N+p/q is admissible and f=fr,qsf=f_{r,q^s} is exceptional for kk, with 0<rq0<r\leq q, there is also a conformal embedding

=0sW(pN)+pqp(+1)q(slpN)Wr+psqq(slr)πsWk(slN,fr,qs).\bigotimes_{\ell=0}^{s}\mathcal{W}_{-(p-N)+\frac{p-\ell q}{p-(\ell+1)q}}(\mathfrak{sl}_{p-N})\otimes\mathcal{W}_{-r+\frac{p-sq}{q}}(\mathfrak{sl}_{r})\otimes\pi^{\otimes s}\hookrightarrow\mathcal{W}_k(\mathfrak{sl}_N,f_{r,q^s}).

The conjecture refines the reduction-by-stages picture by decomposing type A W-algebras into affine cosets and Heisenberg factors, with a further exceptional-level form.

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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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