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Quantization and representation theory of finiteW algebras

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In this paper we study the finitely generated algebras underlyingW algebras. These so called “finiteW algebras” are constructed as Poisson reductions of Kirillov Poisson structures on simple Lie algebras. The inequivalent reductions are labeled by the inequivalent embeddings ofsl 2 into the simple Lie algebra in question. For arbitrary embeddings a coordinate free formula for the reduced Poisson structure is derived. We also prove that any finiteW algebra can be embedded into the Kirillov Poisson algebra of a (semi)simple Lie algebra (generalized Miura map). Furthermore it is shown that generalized finite Toda systems are reductions of a system describing a free particle moving on a group manifold and that they have finiteW symmetry. In the second part we BRST quantize the finiteW algebras. The BRST cohomology is calculated using a spectral sequence (which is different from the one used by Feigin and Frenkel). This allows us to quantize all finiteW algebras in one stroke. Examples are given. In the last part of the paper we study the representation theory of finiteW algebras. It is shown, using a quantum version of the generalized Miura transformation, that the representations of finiteW algebras can be constructed from the representations of a certain Lie subalgebra of the original simple Lie algebra. As a byproduct of this we are able to construct the Fock realizations of arbitrary finiteW algebras.

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    Jan de Boer

  2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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de Boer, J., Tjin, T. Quantization and representation theory of finiteW algebras. Commun.Math. Phys. 158, 485–516 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02096800

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