On Quantum Momentum Maps associated to non Ad*-equivariant Classical Momentum Maps

TL;DR

This paper extends previous work on quantum momentum maps to include non-equivariant classical momentum maps, introducing the concept of anomalous quantum momentum maps via central extensions to address non-equivariance.

Contribution

It generalizes the theory of quantum momentum maps to non-equivariant cases and proposes anomalous quantum momentum maps using central extensions.

Findings

Extended analysis to non-equivariant momentum maps

Introduced anomalous quantum momentum maps concept

Connected non-equivariance with central extensions

Abstract

In an interesting work M.F. Muller-Bahns and N. Neumaier ("Some remarks on g-invariant Fedosov star products and quantum momentum mappings". Journal of Geometry and Physics 50 (2004), 257-272.) analyze the existence of a quantum momentum map based on the existence of a classical momentum map providing an answer to the proposal given by P. Xu in ("Fedosov *-products and quantum momentum maps". Commun. Math. Phys (1998) 167-197). In both papers only equivariant classical momentum maps are considered. In these notes, we extend Muller-Bahns and Neumaier analysis to the case of a non equivariant momentum map. In addition, we propose the notion of an anomalous quantum momentum map as an alternative to recover a non equivariant momentum map at the classical level by considering central extensions of the Lie algebra associated with non equivariance.