Simplicity conjecture for vacuum modules of positive-defect Lie superalgebras

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Let g\mathfrak{g} be an (almost) simple finite-dimensional Lie superalgebra of positive defect, namely one of sl(m,n)\mathfrak{sl}(m,n) with m,n1m,n\geq 1, osp(m,2n)\mathfrak{osp}(m,2n) with m2m\geq 2 and n1n\geq 1, D(2,1,a)D(2,1,a), F(4)F(4), or G(3)G(3). For a non-isotropic root α\alpha, define

kα:=k+hBB(αα).k_{\alpha}:=\frac{k+h^{\vee}_{B}}{B(\alpha|\alpha)}.

Here VkV^k denotes the vacuum module for the affine Lie superalgebra g^\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}. Vacuum-module simplicity conjecture. The g^\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}-module VkV^k is not irreducible if and only if

kαQ0k_{\alpha}\in\mathbb{Q}_{\geq 0}

for some even root α\alpha of g\mathfrak{g}. This conjecturally characterizes reducibility of vacuum modules for the listed positive-defect Lie superalgebras; the supplied text does not state whether the claim has been proved or disproved.

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M. Gorelik and V. Kac, “On simplicity of vacuum modules”, arXiv:math-ph/0606002 (2006).

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