Double-loop algebras and the Fock space (Q1127773)

The fermionic Fock space admits two different actions of the quantized enveloping algebra of \(\widehat{\mathfrak {sl}_n}\). The first one is a \(q\)-deformation of the well-known level-one representation of the affine Lie algebra and the second one is a new level-zero action arising from solvable lattice models. In this paper we prove that these two constructions can be glued together to get a representation of a new object: the toroidal quantum group, i.e. a two parameter deformation of the enveloping algebra of the universal extension of the Lie algebra \({\mathfrak {sl}}_n [x^{\pm 1}, y^{\pm 1}]\). This representation of the toroidal quantum group involves some difference operators. It is due to the fact that the specialization at \(q=1\) of the toroidal algebra is isomorphic to the enveloping algebra of the universal central extension of a current Lie algebra over a quantum torus.