A universal W-algebra for N=4 super Yang-Mills

Abstract

Using bootstrap methods, we provide evidence for the existence of a non-linear W-algebra, denoted $W_{\infty }^{\text{s,s}}$, which contains the small N= 4 super Virasoro algebra and features an infinite tower of additional generators, organized in short supersymmetry multiplets. The algebra $W_{\infty }^{\text{s,s}}$ has one free parameter, its central charge c. We claim that the simple quotient of $W_{\infty }^{\text{s,s}}$ for c= -3(N^2-1) is isomorphic to the vertex operator algebra associated to 4d N=4 $\mathfrak{su}(N)$ super Yang-Mills theory. We define a filtration in $W_{\infty }^{\text{s,s}}$ and provide evidence that it reproduces the R-filtration, which is crucial to extract 4d SCFT data from the vertex operator algebra. Finally, we present explicit formulae for all the (anti)commutators of the wedge algebra of $W_{\infty }^{\text{s,s}}$.

Cited by in corpus (1)

• The $\mathcal{W}$-algebra bootstrap of 6d $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ theories