Lie superalgebras and irreducibility of \(A_1^{(1)}\)-modules at the critical level (Q883036)

The main objective of this article is to introduce an infinite-dimensional Lie superalgebra \(A\) related to the superconformal algebra for \(N=2\), and analyzing the vertex superalgebra \(V\) generated by it. It is proven that an irreducible representation \(U\) of the vertex algebra \( V\) satisfying a certain constraint is related to a family of irreducible representations of the affine Lie algebra \(A_1^{(1)}\). This class of modules contains in particular a wide class of Wakimoto modules, as well as any irreducible highest weight module of \(A_1^{(1)}\) at the critical level. In particular, the procedure allows a new proof of irreducibility of Wakimoto modules.