The $\mathfrak{sl}_\infty$-crystal combinatorics of higher level Fock spaces

Abstract

For integers $e,\ell\geq 2$, the level $\ell$ Fock space has an $\mathfrak{sl}_\infty$-crystal structure arising from the action of a Heisenberg algebra, intertwining the $\widehat{\mathfrak{sl}_e}$-crystal. The vertices of these crystals are charged $\ell$-partitions. We give the combinatorial rule for computing the arrows anywhere in the $\mathfrak{sl}_\infty$-crystal. This allows us to pinpoint the location of any charged $\ell$-partition. As an application, we compute the support of the spherical representation of a cyclotomic rational Cherednik algebra, and in particular, the set of parameters such that it is finite-dimensional. We also give an easy abacus characterization of all finite-dimensional representations of type $B$ Cherednik algebras.

30 pages, some color figures. New version including the main following changes: rewritten introduction, edited Section 3 (Definitions 3.2, 3.5 and 3.9, proof of Lemma 3.4 and of Theorem 3.14), added references (Remarks 6.6 and 6.15)