\(\mathcal W\)-symmetry of the adelic Grassmannian (Q981695)

In the paper under review, the authors present a geometric construction of the vertex algebra \(\mathcal{W}_{1 + \infty}\) as the infinitesimal form of a factorization structure on an adelic Grassmannian. More precisely, they prove that for any smooth complex curve \(X\) and for any \(c \in \mathbb{C}\), the chiral algebra \(\mathcal{W}_{1 + \infty} ^c (\mathfrak{gl}_n)\) on \(X\) at level \(c\) associated to the vertex algebra \(\mathcal{W}_{1 + \infty} (\mathfrak{gl}_n)\) is isomorphic to the chiral algebra \(\delta_{ \mathcal{D} ^n} ^c\) of level \(c\) delta functions along the unit section of the adelic Grassmannian {\textbf{Gr}}\(_{\mathcal{D} ^n}\). They also discuss relations between the adelic Grassmannian, integrable systems and free fermion conformal field theory.