On quiver W-algebras and defects from gauge origami

Abstract

In this note, using Nekrasov's gauge origami framework, we study two different versions of the BPS/CFT correspondence – first, the standard AGT duality and, second, the quiver W algebra construction which has been developed recently by Kimura and Pestun. The gauge origami enables us to work with both dualities simultaneously and find exact matchings between the parameters. In our main example of an A-type quiver gauge theory, we show that the corresponding quiver qW-algebra and its representations are closely related to a large-n limit of spherical gln double affine Hecke algebra whose modules are described by instanton partition functions of a defect quiver theory.