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Tomoyuki Arakawa

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$\mathbb{Z}_k$-code vertex operator algebras

We introduce a simple, self-dual, rational, and $C_2$-cofinite vertex operator algebra of CFT-type associated with a $\mathbb{Z}_k$-code for $k \ge 2$ based on the $\mathbb{Z}_k$-symmetry among the simple current modules for the parafermion vertex operator algebra $K(\mathfrak{sl}_2,k)$. We show that it is naturally realized as the commutant of a certain subalgebra in a lattice vertex operator algebra. Furthermore, we construct all the irreducible modules inside a module for the lattice vertex operator algebra.

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Singular support of a vertex algebra and the arc space of its associated scheme

Attached to a vertex algebra $\mathcal{V}$ are two geometric objects. The associated scheme of $\mathcal{V}$ is the spectrum of Zhu's Poisson algebra $R_{\mathcal{V}}$. The singular support of $\mathcal{V}$ is the spectrum of the associated graded algebra $\text{gr}(\mathcal{V})$ with respect to Li's canonical decreasing filtration. There is a closed embedding from the singular support to the arc space of the associated scheme, which is an isomorphism in many interesting cases. In this note we give an example of a non-quasi-lisse vertex algebra whose associated scheme is reduced, for which the isomorphism is not true as schemes but true as varieties.

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Chiral algebras of class $\mathcal{S}$ and Moore-Tachikawa symplectic varieties

We give a functorial construction of the genus zero chiral algebras of class $\mathcal{S}$, that is, the vertex algebras corresponding to the theory of class $\mathcal{S}$ associated with genus zero pointed Riemann surfaces via the 4d/2d duality discovered by Beem, Lemos, Liendo, Peelaers, Rastelli and van Rees in physics. We show that there is a unique family of vertex algebras satisfying the required conditions and show that they are all simple and conformal. In fact, our construction works for any complex semisimple group G that is not necessarily simply laced. Furthermore, we show that the associated varieties of these vertex algebras are exactly the genus zero Moore-Tachikawa symplectic varieties that have been recently constructed by Braverman, Finkelberg and Nakajima using the geometry of the affine Grassmannian for the Langlands dual group.

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Modularity of Relatively Rational Vertex Algebras and Fusion Rules of Principal Affine W-Algebras

We study modularity of the characters of a vertex (super)algebra equipped with a family of conformal structures. Along the way we introduce the notions of rationality and cofiniteness relative to such a family. We apply the results to determine modular transformations of trace functions on admissible modules over affine Kac-Moody algebras and, via BRST reduction, trace functions on minimal series representations of principal affine W-algebras.

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W-algebras as coset vertex algebras

We prove the long-standing conjecture on the coset construction of the minimal series principal $W$-algebras of $ADE$ types in full generality. We do this by first establishing Feigin's conjecture on the coset realization of the universal principal $W$-algebras, which are not necessarily simple. As consequences, the unitarity of the "discrete series" of principal $W$-algebras is established, a second coset realization of rational and unitary $W$-algebras of type $A$ and $D$ are given and the rationality of Kazama-Suzuki coset vertex superalgebras is derived.

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Sheets and associated varieties of affine vertex algebras

We show that sheet closures appear as associated varieties of affine vertex algebras. Further, we give new examples of non-admissible affine vertex algebras whose associated variety is contained in the nilpotent cone. We also prove some conjectures from our previous paper and give new examples of lisse affine W-algebras.

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Arc spaces and chiral symplectic cores

We introduce the notion of chiral symplectic cores in a vertex Poisson variety, which can be viewed as analogs of symplectic leaves in Poisson varieties. As an application we show that any quasi-lisse vertex algebra is a quantization of the arc space of its associated variety, in the sense that its reduced singular support coincides with the reduced arc space of its associated variety. We also show that the coordinate ring of the arc space of Slodowy slices is free over its vertex Poisson center, and the latter coincides with the vertex Poisson center of the coordinate ring of the arc space of the dual of the corresponding simple Lie algebra.

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Associated varieties and Higgs branches (a survey)

Associated varieties of vertex algebras are analogue of the associated varieties of primitive ideals of the universal enveloping algebras of semisimple Lie algebras. They not only capture some of the important properties of vertex algebras but also have interesting relationship with the Higgs branches of four-dimensional $N=2$ superconformal field theories (SCFTs). As a consequence, one can deduce the modular invariance of Schur indices of 4d $N=2$ SCFTs from the theory of vertex algebras.

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Quasi-lisse vertex algebras and modular linear differential equations

We introduce a notion of quasi-lisse vertex algebras, which generalizes admissible affine vertex algebras. We show that the normalized character of an ordinary module over a quasi-lisse vertex operator algebra has a modular invariance property, in the sense that it satisfies a modular linear differential equation. As an application we obtain the explicit character formulas of simple affine vertex algebras associated with the Deligne exceptional series at level $-h^{\vee}/6-1$, which express the homogeneous Schur indices of 4d SCFTs studied by Beem, Lemos, Liendo, Peelaers, Rastelli and van Rees, as quasi-modular forms.

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Cosets of Bershadsky-Polyakov algebras and rational $\mathcal{W}$-algebras of type $A$

The Bershadsky-Polyakov algebra is the $\mathcal{W}$-algebra associated to $\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}_3$ with its minimal nilpotent element $f_θ$. For notational convenience we define $\mathcal{W}^{\ell} = \mathcal{W}^{\ell - 3/2} (\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}_3, f_θ)$. The simple quotient of $\mathcal{W}^{\ell}$ is denoted by $\mathcal{W}_{\ell}$, and for $\ell$ a positive integer, $\mathcal{W}_{\ell}$ is known to be $C_2$-cofinite and rational. We prove that for all positive integers $\ell$, $\mathcal{W}_{\ell}$ contains a rank one lattice vertex algebra $V_L$, and that the coset $\mathcal{C}_{\ell} = \text{Com}(V_L, \mathcal{W}_{\ell})$ is isomorphic to the principal, rational $\mathcal{W}(\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}_{2\ell})$-algebra at level $(2\ell +3)/(2\ell +1) -2\ell$. This was conjectured in the physics literature over 20 years ago. As a byproduct, we construct a new family of rational, $C_2$-cofinite vertex superalgebras from $\mathcal{W}_{\ell}$

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Orbifolds and cosets of minimal $\mathcal{W}$-algebras

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a simple, finite-dimensional Lie (super)algebra equipped with an embedding of $\mathfrak{s} \mathfrak{l}_2$ inducing the minimal gradation on $\mathfrak{g}$. The corresponding minimal $\mathcal{W}$-algebra $\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{g}, e_{-θ})$ introduced by Kac and Wakimoto has strong generators in weights $1,2,3/2$, and all operator product expansions are known explicitly. The weight one subspace generates an affine vertex (super)algebra $V^{k'}(\mathfrak{g}^{\natural})$ where $\mathfrak{g}^{\natural} \subset \mathfrak{g}$ denotes the centralizer of $\mathfrak{s} \mathfrak{l}_2$. Therefore $\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{g}, e_{-θ})$ has an action of a connected Lie group $G^{\natural}_0$ with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}^{\natural}_0$, where $\mathfrak{g}^{\natural}_0$ denotes the even part of $\mathfrak{g}^{\natural}$. We show that for any reductive subgroup $G \subset G^{\natural}_0$, and for any reductive Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}' \subset \mathfrak{g}^{\natural}$, the orbifold $\mathcal{O}^k = \mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{g}, e_{-θ})^{G}$ and the coset $\mathcal{C}^k = \text{Com}(V(\mathfrak{g}'),\mathcal{W}^k(\mathfrak{g}, e_{-θ}))$ are strongly finitely generated for generic values of $k$. Here $V(\mathfrak{g}')$ denotes the affine vertex algebra associated to $\mathfrak{g}'$. We find explicit minimal strong generating sets for $\mathcal{C}^k$ when $\mathfrak{g}' = \mathfrak{g}^{\natural}$ and $\mathfrak{g}$ is either $\mathfrak{s} \mathfrak{l}_n$, $\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{p}_{2n}$, $\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}(2|n)$ for $n\neq 2$, $\mathfrak{p}\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{l}(2|2)$, or $\mathfrak{o}\mathfrak{s}\mathfrak{p}(1|4)$. Finally, we conjecture some surprising coincidences among families of cosets $\mathcal{C}_k$ which are the simple quotients of $\mathcal{C}^k$, and we prove several cases of our conjecture.

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Weight representations of admissible affine vertex algebras

For an admissible affine vertex algebra $V_k(\mathfrak{g})$ of type $A$, we describe a new family of relaxed highest weight representations of $V_k(\mathfrak{g})$. They are simple quotients of representations of the affine Kac-Moody algebra $\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}$ induced from the following $\mathfrak{g}$-modules: 1) generic Gelfand-Tsetlin modules in the principal nilpotent orbit, in particular all such modules induced from $\mathfrak{sl}_2$; 2) all Gelfand-Tsetlin modules in the principal nilpotent orbit which are induced from $\mathfrak{sl}_3$; 3) all simple Gelfand-Tsetlin modules over $\mathfrak{sl}_3$. This in particular gives the classification of all simple positive energy weight representations of $V_k(\mathfrak{g})$ with finite dimensional weight spaces for $\mathfrak{g}=\mathfrak{sl}_3$.

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Introduction to W-algebras and their representation theory

These are lecture notes from author's mini-course during Session 1: "Vertex algebras, W-algebras, and application" of INdAM Intensive research period "Perspectives in Lie Theory", at the Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa, Italy. December 9, 2014 -- February 28, 2015.

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Coset Vertex Operator Algebras and $\W$-Algebras

We give an explicit description for the weight three generator of the coset vertex operator algebra $C_{L_{\widehat{\sl_{n}}}(l,0)\otimes L_{\widehat{\sl_{n}}}(1,0)}(L_{\widehat{\sl_{n}}}(l+1,0))$, for $n\geq 2, l\geq 1$. Furthermore, we prove that the commutant $C_{L_{\widehat{\sl_{3}}}(l,0)\otimes L_{\widehat{\sl_{3}}}(1,0)}(L_{\widehat{\sl_{3}}}(l+1,0))$ is isomorphic to the $\W$-algebra $\W_{-3+\frac{l+3}{l+4}}(\sl_3)$, which confirms the conjecture for the $\sl_3$ case that $C_{L_{\widehat{\frak g}}(l,0)\otimes L_{\widehat{\frak g}}(1,0)}(L_{\widehat{\frak g}}(l+1,0))$ is isomorphic to $\W_{-h+\frac{l+h}{l+h+1}}(\frak g)$ for simply-laced Lie algebras ${\frak g}$ with its Coxeter number $h$ for a positive integer $l$.

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Parafermion vertex operator algebras and W-algebras

We prove the conjectual isomorphism between the level $k$ $\widehat{sl}_2$-parafermion vertex operator algebra and the $(k+1,k+2)$ minimal series $W_k$-algebra for all integers $k \ge 2$. As a consequence, we obtain the conjectural isomorphism between the $(k+1,k+2)$ minimal series $W_k$-algebra and the coset vertex operator algebra $SU(k)_1 \otimes SU(k)_1/SU(k)_2$.

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