Deformed W-algebras and chiralized cluster seeds: subregular W-algebras and Inverse Quantum Hamiltonian Reduction

Abstract

The recently introduced formalism of chiral cluster seeds replaces quantum cluster variables with deformed vertex operators. In this framework, a decorated quiver associated with a seed encodes the operator product expansions of the corresponding vertex operators. This formalism is applied to several $(q,t)$-deformed W-algebras, including $\mathcal{W}_{\mathfrak{q},\mathfrak{t}}(\mathfrak{gl}(N|M))$, $U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}}_2)$, and the deformed Bershadsky--Polyakov algebra. In particular, it is shown that different free field realizations of the currents are related by mutations of the associated chiral cluster seed. The second part of the paper introduces a $(q,t)$-deformation of the subregular W-algebras, denoted by $\mathcal{W}_{\mathfrak{q},\mathfrak{t}}^{\text{sub}}(\mathfrak{sl}(N))$. All free field realizations obtainable through seed mutations are described. An embedding of $\mathcal{W}_{\mathfrak{q},\mathfrak{t}}^{\text{sub}}(\mathfrak{sl}(N))$ into the free field realization of $\mathcal{W}_{\mathfrak{q},\mathfrak{t}}(\mathfrak{sl}(N))$ tensored with a rank-two Heisenberg algebra is constructed. This embedding may be viewed as a deformed analogue of inverse quantum Hamiltonian reduction. The relation between the subregular algebras and $\mathcal{W}_{\mathfrak{q},\mathfrak{t}}(\mathfrak{gl}(1|N))$ is also discussed.