Abstract:
For the Kac–Moody superalgebra associated with the loop superalgebra with
values in a finite-dimensional Lie superalgebra g, we show what its
quadratic Casimir element is equal to if the Casimir element for g is
known (if g has an even invariant supersymmetric bilinear
form). The main tool is the Wick normal form of the even quadratic
Casimir operator for the Kac–Moody superalgebra associated with g;
this Wick normal form is independently interesting. If g has an odd
invariant supersymmetric bilinear form, then we compute the cubic Casimir
element. In addition to the simple Lie superalgebras g=g(A) with
a Cartan matrix A for which the Shapovalov determinant was known, we consider
the Poisson Lie superalgebra poi(0∣n) and the related Kac–Moody
superalgebra.
Citation:
A. V. Lebedev, D. A. Leites, “Shapovalov determinant for loop superalgebras”, TMF, 156:3 (2008), 378–397; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 156:3 (2008), 1292–1307