A geometric realization of spin representations and Young diagrams from quiver varieties (Q2491808)

In [\textit{I. B. Frenkel} and \textit{A. Savage}, Int. Math. Res. Not. 28, 1521--1547 (2003; Zbl 1023.17010)] the authors related two apparently different bases in the representations of affine Lie algebras of type \(A\): one arising from statistical mechanics, the other from gauge theory. Using geometric methods associated to quiver varieties, they gave an alternative and much simpler geometric proof of a result of \textit{E. Date, M. Jimbo, A. Kuniba, T. Miwa} and \textit{M. Okado} [Adv. Stud. Pure Math. 19, 149--191 (1989; Zbl 0704.17013)] on the construction of bases of affine Lie algebra representations. Moreover, they gave a simple parametrization of the irreducible components of Nakajima quiver varieties associated to infinite and cyclic quivers in terms of Young and Maya diagrams. In this paper the author considers the spin representations of the Lie algebra \({\mathfrak g}= {\mathfrak {so}}_{2n}\mathbb{C}\) of type \(D_n\). Applying the above techniques, the author develops a geometric realization of spin representations and Clifford algebras. He gives an explicit parametrization of the irreducible components of the associated Nakajima varieties of type \(D\) in terms of Young diagrams of strictly decreasing row length with maximum length \(n-1\). He also explicitly computes the geometric action and obtains a realization of the spin representations in terms of these diagrams. Furthermore, he extends the geometric action to the entire Clifford algebra used in the classical construction of the spin representations.