Orbifolds and cosets of minimal W-algebras

Abstract: Let

m a t h f r a k g

be a simple, finite-dimensional Lie (super)algebra equipped with an embedding of

m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k l_{2}

inducing the minimal gradation on

m a t h f r a k g

. The corresponding minimal

m a t h c a l W

-algebra

m a t h c a l W^{k} (m a t h f r a k g, e_{- h e t a})

introduced by Kac and Wakimoto has strong generators in weights

1, 2, 3 / 2

, and all operator product expansions are known explicitly. The weight one subspace generates an affine vertex (super)algebra

V^{k^{'}} (m a t h f r a k g^{a t u r a l})

where

m a t h f r a k g^{a t u r a l} s u b s e t m a t h f r a k g

denotes the centralizer of

m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k l_{2}

. Therefore

m a t h c a l W^{k} (m a t h f r a k g, e_{- h e t a})

has an action of a connected Lie group

G_{0}^{a t u r a l}

with Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g_{0}^{a t u r a l}

, where

m a t h f r a k g_{0}^{a t u r a l}

denotes the even part of

m a t h f r a k g^{a t u r a l}

. We show that for any reductive subgroup

G s u b s e t G_{0}^{a t u r a l}

, and for any reductive Lie algebra

m a t h f r a k g^{'} s u b s e t m a t h f r a k g^{a t u r a l}

, the orbifold

m a t h c a l O^{k} = m a t h c a l W^{k} (m a t h f r a k g, e_{- h e t a})^{G}

and the coset

m a t h c a l C^{k} = e x t C o m (V (m a t h f r a k g^{'}), m a t h c a l W^{k} (m a t h f r a k g, e_{- h e t a}))

are strongly finitely generated for generic values of

k

. Here

V (m a t h f r a k g^{'})

denotes the affine vertex algebra associated to

m a t h f r a k g^{'}

. We find explicit minimal strong generating sets for

m a t h c a l C^{k}

when

m a t h f r a k g^{'} = m a t h f r a k g^{a t u r a l}

and

m a t h f r a k g

is either

m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k l_{n}

,

m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k p_{2 n}

,

m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k l (2 | n)

for

n e q 2

,

m a t h f r a k p m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k l (2 | 2)

, or

m a t h f r a k o m a t h f r a k s m a t h f r a k p (1 | 4)

. Finally, we conjecture some surprising coincidences among families of cosets

m a t h c a l C_{k}

which are the simple quotients of

m a t h c a l C^{k}

, and we prove several cases of our conjecture.

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