Higher-spin symmetry in the $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ boundary Toda conformal field theory II: Singular vectors and BPZ equations

Abstract

This article is the second chapter of a two-part series dedicated to the mathematical study of the higher-spin symmetry enjoyed by the $\mathfrak{sl}_3$ boundary Toda Conformal Field Theory. Namely, based on a probabilistic definition of this model and building on the framework introduced in the first article of this series, we compute some singular vectors of the theory which at the level of correlation functions give rise to higher equations of motion. Under additional assumptions these become BPZ-type differential equations satisfied by the correlation functions, a key feature in the perspective of a rigorous derivation of the structure constants of the theory. Such equations of motion and differential equations were previously unknown in the physics literature.