Mickelsson algebras and Zhelobenko operators

We construct a family of automorphisms of Mickelsson algebra, satisfying braid group relations. The construction uses ‘Zhelobenko cocycle’ and includes the dynamical Weyl group action as a particular case.     

Jucys-Murphy elements for Birman-Murakami-Wenzl algebras

The Burman-Wenzl-Murakami algebra, considered as the quotient of the braid group algebra, possesses the commutative set of Jucys-Murphy elements. We show that the set of Jucys-Murphy elements is maximal commutative for the generic Birman-Wenzl-Murakami algebra and reconstruct the representation theory of the tower of Birman-Wenzl-Murakami algebras.     

BRST charges for finite nonlinear algebras

Some ingredients of the BRST construction for quantum Lie algebras are applied to a wider class of quadratic algebras of constraints. We build the BRST charge for a quantum Lie algebra with three generators and ghost-anti-ghosts commuting with constraints. We consider a one-parametric family of quadratic algebras with three generators and show that the BRST charge acquires the conventional form after a redefinition of ghosts. The modified ghosts form a quadratic algebra. The family possesses a nonlinear involution, which implies the existence of two independent BRST charges for each algebra in the family. These BRST charges anticommute and form a double BRST complex.     

An inductive approach to representations of complex reflection groups G(m, 1, n)

We propose an inductive approach to the representation theory of the chain of complex reflection groups G(m, 1, n). We obtain the Jucys-Murphy elements of G(m, 1, n) from the Jucys-Murphy elements of the cyclotomic Hecke algebra and study their common spectrum using representations of a degenerate cyclotomic affine Hecke algebra. We construct representations of G(m, 1, n) using a new associative algebra whose underlying vector space is the tensor product of the group ring ?G(m, 1, n) with a free associative algebra generated by the standard m-tableaux.     

Six generatorq-deformed Lorentz algebra

The six generator deformation of the Lorentz algebra is presented. The Hopf algebra structure and the reality conditions are found. The chiral decomposition of SL(2, C) is generalized to theq-case. Casimir operators for theq-Lorentz algebra are given.This work was supported in part by the Director, Office of Energy Research, Office of High Energy and Nuclear Physics, Division of High Energy Physics of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098 and in part by the National Science Foundation under grant PHY-85-15857.     

Structure of the supergravity group

The supergravity group is found to be the direct product of general covariance groups in complex conjugated left and right handed superspaces. The ordinary space-time coordinate and the axial gravitational superfield are the real and imaginary part of the complex coordinate, respectively.     

BRST Operator for Quantum Lie Algebras and Differential Calculus on Quantum Groups

For a Hopf algebra , we define the structures of differential complexes on two dual exterior Hopf algebras: (1) an exterior extension of and (2) an exterior extension of the dual algebra ^*. The Heisenberg double of these two exterior Hopf algebras defines the differential algebra for the Cartan differential calculus on . The first differential complex is an analogue of the de Rham complex. When ^* is a universal enveloping algebra of a Lie (super)algebra, the second complex coincides with the standard complex. The differential is realized as an (anti)commutator with a BRST operator Q. We give a recursive relation that uniquely defines the operator Q. We construct the BRST and anti-BRST operators explicitly and formulate the Hodge decomposition theorem for the case of the quantum Lie algebra U _q(gl(N)).     

On quantization of r matrices for Belavin-Drinfeld triples

We suggest a formula for quantum universal R matrices corresponding to quasitriangular classical r matrices classified by Belavin and Drinfeld for all simple Lie algebras. The R matrices are obtained by twisting the standard universal R matrix.