Principal SUSY and nonSUSY W-algebras and their Zhu algebras

Abstract

This paper consists of two parts. In the first part, we prove that when $\mathfrak{g}$ is a simple basic Lie superalgebra with a principal odd nilpotent element $f$, the W-algebra $W^k(\mathfrak{g}, F)$ for $F=-\frac{1}{2}[f,f]$ is isomorphic to the SUSY W-algebra $W^k(\bar{\mathfrak{g}},f)$ via screening operators, which implies the supersymmetry of $W^k(\mathfrak{g}, F)$. In the second part, we show that a finite SUSY W-algebra, which is a Hamiltonian reduction of $U(\widetilde{\mathfrak{g}})$ for the SUSY Takiff algebra $\widetilde{\mathfrak{g}}=\mathfrak{g}\otimes \wedge(\theta)$ is isomorphic to the Zhu algebra of a SUSY W-algebra. As a corollary, we show that a finite SUSY principal W-algebra is isomorphic to a finite principal W-algebra.