Correspondences among CFTs with different W-algebra symmetry

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Abstract: W-algebras are constructed via quantum Hamiltonian reduction associated with a Lie algebra mathfrakg and an mathfraksl(2)-embedding into mathfrakg. We derive correspondences among correlation functions of theories having different W-algebras as symmetry algebras. These W-algebras are associated to the same mathfrakg but distinct mathfraksl(2)-embeddings. For this purpose, we first explore different free field realizations of W-algebras and then generalize previous works on the path integral derivation of correspondences of correlation functions. For mathfrakg=mathfraksl(3), there is only one non-standard (non-regular) W-algebra known as the Bershadsky-Polyakov algebra. We examine its free field realizations and derive correlator correspondences involving the WZNW theory of mathfraksl(3), the Bershadsky-Polyakov algebra and the principal W3-algebra. There are three non-regular W-algebras associated to mathfrakg=mathfraksl(4). We show that the methods developed for mathfrakg=mathfraksl(3) can be applied straightforwardly. We briefly comment on extensions of our techniques to general mathfrakg.



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