Whittaker Category and Finite W-superalgebras for Cartan Type Lie Superalgebras

Abstract

Let $W(n)$ be the finite-dimensional simple Lie superalgebra of fundamental type in the Cartan type series of Kac's classification result \cite{Kac77} over an algebraically closed field of characteristic $0$. Let $\mathbf{g}$ be the graded-zero part of $W(n)$ which is isomorphic to $\mathfrak{gl}(n)$. In the first part of this paper, following the basic idea of taking the ``minimal" parabolic subalgebra $\mathsf{P}$ as a working platform in \cite{DSY} we introduce the Whittaker category $\mscrw$ for representations of $W(n)$ associated with a nilpotent element $e$ in $\mathbf{g}_0$ and with $W(n)_{-1}$. This Whittaker category turns out to be close to the classical Whittaker category McDowell and Miličić-Soergel studied in \cite{Mc} and \cite{MS}, respectively (or see \cite{Back}). We finally classify the simple objects in $\mscrw$. In the second part, we introduce the finite $W$-algebra associated with $e$, we then establish a generalized Skryabin's equivalence between the representation category of the finite $W$-superalgebra and the category $\mscrw'$ of so-called weakened Whittaker modules over $W(n)$. Here $\mscrw'$ naturally contains $\mscrw$ as a full subcategory.