An explicit two step quantization of Poisson structures and Lie bialgebras

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2018), 364(2), 505578

We develop a new approach to deformation quantizations of Lie bialgebras and Poisson structures which goes in two steps. In the first step one associates to any Poisson (resp. Lie bialgebra) structure a ... [more ▼]

We develop a new approach to deformation quantizations of Lie bialgebras and Poisson structures which goes in two steps. In the first step one associates to any Poisson (resp. Lie bialgebra) structure a so called quantizable Poisson (resp. Lie bialgebra) structure. We show explicit transcendental formulae for this correspondence. In the second step one deformation quantizes a quantizable Poisson (resp. Lie bialgebra) structure. We show again explicit transcendental formulae for this second step correspondence (as a byproduct we obtain configuration space models for biassociahedron and bipermutohedron). In the Poisson case the first step is the most non-trivial one and requires a choice of an associator while the second step quantization is essentially unique, it is independent of a choice of an associator and can be done by a trivial induction. We conjecture that similar statements hold true in the case of Lie bialgebras. The main new result is a surprisingly simple explicit universal formula (which uses only smooth differential forms) for universal quantizations of finite-dimensional Lie bialgebras. [less ▲]

Conformally equivariant quantization for spinning particles

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2015), 333(1), 261298

Rozansky-Witten-type invariants from symplectic Lie pairs

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2014)

We introduce symplectic structures on “Lie pairs” of (real or complex) Lie algebroids as studied by Chen et al. (From Atiyah classes to homotopy Leibniz algebras. arXiv:1204.1075, 2012), encompassing ... [more ▼]

We introduce symplectic structures on “Lie pairs” of (real or complex) Lie algebroids as studied by Chen et al. (From Atiyah classes to homotopy Leibniz algebras. arXiv:1204.1075, 2012), encompassing homogeneous symplectic spaces, symplectic manifolds with a g-action, and holomorphic symplectic manifolds. We show that to each such symplectic Lie pair are associated Rozansky–Witten-type invariants of three-manifolds and knots, given respectively by weight systems on trivalent and chord diagrams. [less ▲]

Quantization of Poisson manifolds from the integrability of the modular function

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2014), 331(2), 851885

We discuss a framework for quantizing a Poisson manifold via the quantization of its symplectic groupoid, that combines the tools of geometric quantization with the results of Renault's theory of groupoid ... [more ▼]

We discuss a framework for quantizing a Poisson manifold via the quantization of its symplectic groupoid, that combines the tools of geometric quantization with the results of Renault's theory of groupoid C*-algebras. This setting allows very singular polarizations. In particular we consider the case when the modular function is "multiplicatively integrable", i.e. when the space of leaves of the polarization inherits a groupoid structure. If suitable regularity conditions are satisfied, then one can define the quantum algebra as the convolution algebra of the subgroupoid of leaves satisfying the Bohr-Sommerfeld conditions. We apply this procedure to the case of a family of Poisson structures on CP_n, seen as Poisson homogeneous spaces of the standard Poisson-Lie group SU(n+1). We show that a bihamiltoniam system on CP_n defines a multiplicative integrable model on the symplectic groupoid; we compute the Bohr-Sommerfeld groupoid and show that it satisfies the needed properties for applying Renault theory. We recover and extend Sheu's description of quantum homogeneous spaces as groupoid C*-algebras. [less ▲]

Differential and Twistor Geometry of the Quantum Hopf Fibration

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2012), 315(2), 489-530

Collisions of particles in locally AdS spacetimes I. Local description and global examples

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2011), 308(1), 147--200

BFV-complex and higher homotopy structures

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2009), 286(2), 399443

We present a connection between the BFV-complex (abbreviation for Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky complex) and the strong homotopy Lie algebroid associated to a coisotropic submanifold of a Poisson manifold ... [more ▼]

We present a connection between the BFV-complex (abbreviation for Batalin-Fradkin-Vilkovisky complex) and the strong homotopy Lie algebroid associated to a coisotropic submanifold of a Poisson manifold. We prove that the latter structure can be derived from the BFV-complex by means of homotopy transfer along contractions. Consequently the BFV-complex and the strong homotopy Lie algebroid structure are L-infinity quasi-isomorphic and control the same formal deformation problem. However there is a gap between the non-formal information encoded in the BFV-complex and in the strong homotopy Lie algebroid respectively. We prove that there is a one-to-one correspondence between coisotropic submanifolds given by graphs of sections and equivalence classes of normalized Maurer-Cartan elemens of the BFV-complex. This does not hold if one uses the strong homotopy Lie algebroid instead. [less ▲]

Global Geometric Deformations of the Virasoro algebra, current and affine algebras by Krichever-Novikov type algebras

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (2007), 46(11), 2708-2724

Toeplitz quantization of Kähler manifolds and gl(N), N to infinity, limits

in Communications in Mathematical Physics (1994), 165