The Shatashvili-Vafa G₂ superconformal algebra as a quantum Hamiltonian reduction of D(2,1;)

Abstract: We obtain the superconformal algebra associated to a sigma model with target a manifold with

G_{2}

holonomy, i.e., the Shatashvili-Vafa

G_{2}

algebra as a quantum Hamiltonian reduction of the exceptional Lie superalgebra

D (2, 1; a l p h a)

for

a l p h a = 1

. We produce the complete family of

W

-algebras

S W (f r a c 32, f r a c 32, 2)

(extensions of the

N = 1

superconformal algebra by two primary supercurrents of conformal weight

f r a c 32

and

2

respectively) as a quantum Hamiltonian reduction of

D (2, 1; a l p h a)

. As a corollary we find a free field realization of the Shatashvili-Vafa

G_{2}

algebra, and an explicit description of the screening operators.

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