The ladder crystal (Q986699)

Summary: In this paper I introduce a new description of the crystal \(B(\Lambda_0)\) of \(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_\ell}\). As in the Misra-Miwa model of \(B(\Lambda_0)\), the nodes of this crystal are indexed by partitions and the \(i\)-arrows correspond to adding a box of residue \(i\). I then show that the two models are equivalent by interpreting the operation of regularization introduced by James as a crystal isomorphism.