Existence of Kirillov-Reshetikhin crystals for near adjoint nodes in exceptional types (Q2223369)

Let \(\mathfrak{g}\) be an affine Kac-Moody Lie algebra and let \(U_q'(\mathfrak{g})\) be the corresponding quantum affine algebra without the degree operator. We denote by \(W^{r,\ell}\) the Kirillov-Reshetikhin module over \(U_q'(\mathfrak{g})\), where \(r\) is a node of the Dynkin diagram of \(\mathfrak{g}\) except the node 0, and \(\ell\) is a positive integer. One of important (conjectural) properties of a Kirillov-Reshetikhin module is the existence of a crystal base in the sense of Kashiwara. It was proved that \(W^{r,\ell}\) have crystal (pseudo)bases in various types but it is still open in some other cases. In the paper under review, the authors prove that when \(\mathfrak{g}\) is either of type \(E_{6,7,8}^{(1)}\), \(F_4^{(1)}\) and \(E_6^{(2)}\) and \(r\) is the near adjoint node, the Kirillov-Reshetikhin module \(W^{r,\ell}\) has a crystal pseudobase for any positive integer \(\ell\). Here a node \(r\) is called near adjoint if the distance from 0 is precisely 2. In the course of the proof, the criterion for the existence of a crystal pseudobase introduced in [\textit{S.-J. Kang} et al., Duke Math. J. 68, No. 3, 499--607 (1992; Zbl 0774.17017)] is used crucially. Combining with the result for type \(G_2^{(1)}\) and \(D_4^{(3)}\) given in [\textit{K. Naoi}, J. Algebra 512, 47--65 (2018; Zbl 1472.17060)], the main result of this paper tells us that the conjecture for near adjoint nodes in exceptional types holds.