Higher-level affine wreath product algebras

Abstract

We define and study two new classes of algebras, called higher-level affine wreath product algebras and higher-level affine Frobenius Hecke algebras. They depend on a Frobenius superalgebra and are defined, respectively, as path algebras of the higher-level affine wreath product category and higher-level affine Frobenius Hecke category. Our constructions produce a broad range of new higher-level algebras under a unified framework. Special cases include higher-level analogues of the degenerate affine Hecke algebra and affine Sergeev algebras, both of which appear to be new.