Collapsing and associated-variety conjecture for level −6-6 affine F4F_4 W-algebras

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Let XVX_V denote the associated variety of a vertex algebra VV, and let OF4(a3)\mathbb{O}_{F_4(a_3)} be the nilpotent orbit of Bala–Carter type F4(a3)F_4(a_3) in F4F_4. Level −6-6 F4F_4 conjecture.

W−6(F4,F4(a3))≅C,W−6(F4,C3(a1))≅L−1/2(A1),\mathscr{W}_{-6}(F_4,F_4(a_3))\cong\mathbb{C},\qquad \mathscr{W}_{-6}(F_4,C_3(a_1))\cong L_{-1/2}(A_1),

and

XL−6(F4)=OF4(a3)‾.X_{L_{-6}(F_4)}=\overline{\mathbb{O}_{F_4(a_3)}}.

The conjecture concerns the two undetermined collapsing cases at level −6-6 and the associated variety of the affine F4F_4 vertex algebra; the source later relates it to assumed instances of the Kac–Wakimoto conjecture.

References

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Dražen Adamović, Tomoyuki Arakawa, Thomas Creutzig, Andrew R. Linshaw, Anne Moreau, Pierluigi Möseneder Frajria and Paolo Papi, “W-algebras as conformal extensions of affine VOAs”, arXiv:2508.18889 (2026).

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