Universal filtered quantizations of nilpotent Slodowy slices (Q6123801)

Summary: Every conic symplectic singularity admits a universal Poisson deformation and a universal filtered quantization, thanks to the work of Losev and Namikawa. We begin this paper by showing that every such variety admits a universal equivariant Poisson deformation and a universal equivariant quantization with respect to a reductive group acting on it by \(\mathbb{C}^{\times}\)-equivariant Poisson automorphisms. We go on to study these definitions in the context of nilpotent Slodowy slices. First, we give a complete description of the cases in which the finite \(W\)-algebra is a universal filtered quantization of the slice, building on the work of Lehn-Namikawa-Sorger. This leads to a near-complete classification of the filtered quantizations of nilpotent Slodowy slices. The subregular slices in non-simply laced Lie algebras are especially interesting: with some minor restrictions on Dynkin type, we prove that the finite \(W\)-algebra is a universal equivariant quantization with respect to the Dynkin automorphisms coming from the unfolding of the Dynkin diagram. This can be seen as a non-commutative analogue of Slodowy's theorem. Finally, we apply this result to give a presentation of the subregular finite \(W\)-algebra of type \(\mathsf{B}\) as a quotient of a shifted Yangian.