On quantizations of complex contact manifolds

A (holomorphic) quantization of a complex contact manifold is a filtered algebroid stack which is locally equivalent to the ring E of microdifferential operators and which has trivial graded. The existence of a canonical quantization has been proved by Kashiwara. In this paper we consider the classification problem, showing that the above quantizations are classified by the first cohomology group with values in a certain sheaf of homogeneous forms. Secondly, we consider the problem of existence and classification for quantizations given by algebras.Comment: Final published version (with a slightly different title from the previous arXiv versions

Stacks of quantization-deformation modules on complex symplectic manifolds

On a complex symplectic manifold, we construct the stack of quantization-deformation modules, that is, (twisted) modules of microdifferential operators with an extra central parameter, a substitute to the lack of homogeneity. We also quantize involutive submanifolds of contact manifolds.Comment: In this new version, we have deleted from the previous one Lemma 7.6, Proposition 7.7 and Proposition 7.8 which were erroneou

Deformation-Quantization of Complex Involutive Submanifolds

The sheaf of rings of WKB operators provides a deformation-quantization of the cotangent bundle to a complex manifold. On a complex symplectic manifold $X$ there may not exist a sheaf of rings locally isomorphic to a ring of WKB operators. The idea is then to consider the whole family of locally defined sheaves of WKB operators as the deformation-quantization of $X$. To state it precisely, one needs the notion of algebroid stack, introduced by Kontsevich. In particular, the stack of WKB modules over $X$ defined in Polesello-Schapira (see also Kashiwara for the contact case) is better understood as the stack of modules over the algebroid stack of deformation-quantization of $X$. Let $V$ be an involutive submanifold of $X$, and assume for simplicity that the quotient of $V$ by its bicharacteristic leaves is isomorphic to a complex symplectic manifold $Z$. The algebra of endomorphisms of a simple WKB module along $V$ is locally (anti-)isomorphic to the pull-back of WKB operators on $Z$. Hence we may say that a simple module provides a deformation-quantization of $V$. Again, since in general there do not exist globally defined simple WKB modules, the idea is to consider the algebroid stack of locally defined simple WKB modules as the deformation-quantization of $V$. In this paper we start by defining what an algebroid stack is, and how it is locally described. We then discuss the algebroid stack of WKB operators on a complex symplectic manifold $X$, and define the deformation-quantization of an involutive submanifold $V$ by means of simple WKB modules along $V$. Finally, we relate this deformation-quantization to that given by WKB operators on the quotient of $V$ by its bicharacteristic leaves.Comment: 11 page

Higher Monodromy

For a given category C and a topological space X, the constant stack on X with stalk C is the stack of locally constant sheaves with values in C. Its global objects are classified by their monodromy, a functor from the Poincare groupoid of X to C. In this paper we recall these notions from the point of view of higher category theory and then define the 2-monodromy of a locally constant stack with values in a 2-category as a 2-functor from the homotopy 2-groupoid into the 2-category. We show that 2-monodromy classifies locally constant stacks on a reasonably well-behaved space X. As an application, we show how to recover from this classification the cohomological version of a classical theorem of Hopf, and we extend it to the non abelian case.Comment: 43 pages. This is a revised version of our preprint RIMS 1432 (11-2003

Stacks of twisted modules and integral transforms

Stacks were introduced by Grothendieck and Giraud and are, roughly speaking, sheaves of categories. Kashiwara developed the theory of twisted modules, which are objects of stacks locally equivalent to stacks of modules over sheaves of rings. In this paper we recall these notions, and we develop the formalism of operations for stacks of twisted modules. As an application, we state a twisted version of an adjunction formula which is of use in the theory of integral transforms for sheaves and D-modules.Comment: latex, 43 page

Morita classes of microdifferential algebroids

Projective cotangent bundles of complex manifolds are the local models of complex contact manifolds. Such bundles are quantized by the algebra of microdifferential operators (a localization of the algebra of differential operators on the base manifold). Kashiwara proved that any complex contact manifold $X$ is quantized by a canonical microdifferential algebroid (a linear stack locally equivalent to an algebra of microdifferential operators). Besides the canonical one, there can be other microdifferential algebroids on $X$. Our aim is to classify them. More precisely, let $Y$ be the symplectification of $X$. We prove that Morita (resp. equivalence) classes of microdifferential algebroids on $X$ are described by $H^2(Y;{\mathbb C}^\times)$. We also show that any linear stack locally equivalent to a stack of microdifferential modules is in fact a stack of modules over a microdifferential algebroid. To obtain these results we use techniques of microlocal calculus, non-abelian cohomology and Morita theory for linear stacks.Comment: Final version appeared in Publ. Res. Inst. Math. Sci., 42 page

Report from Working Group 3: Beyond the standard model physics at the HL-LHC and HE-LHC

This is the third out of five chapters of the final report [1] of the Workshop on Physics at HL-LHC, and perspectives on HE-LHC [2]. It is devoted to the study of the potential, in the search for Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics, of the High Luminosity (HL) phase of the LHC, defined as $3$ ab$^{-1}$ of data taken at a centre-of-mass energy of 14 TeV, and of a possible future upgrade, the High Energy (HE) LHC, defined as $15$ ab$^{-1}$ of data at a centre-of-mass energy of 27 TeV. We consider a large variety of new physics models, both in a simplified model fashion and in a more model-dependent one. A long list of contributions from the theory and experimental (ATLAS, CMS, LHCb) communities have been collected and merged together to give a complete, wide, and consistent view of future prospects for BSM physics at the considered colliders. On top of the usual standard candles, such as supersymmetric simplified models and resonances, considered for the evaluation of future collider potentials, this report contains results on dark matter and dark sectors, long lived particles, leptoquarks, sterile neutrinos, axion-like particles, heavy scalars, vector-like quarks, and more. Particular attention is placed, especially in the study of the HL-LHC prospects, to the detector upgrades, the assessment of the future systematic uncertainties, and new experimental techniques. The general conclusion is that the HL-LHC, on top of allowing to extend the present LHC mass and coupling reach by $20-50\%$ on most new physics scenarios, will also be able to constrain, and potentially discover, new physics that is presently unconstrained. Moreover, compared to the HL-LHC, the reach in most observables will, generally more than double at the HE-LHC, which may represent a good candidate future facility for a final test of TeV-scale new physics

Search for dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks in √s = 13 TeV pp collisions with the ATLAS detector

A search for weakly interacting massive particle dark matter produced in association with bottom or top quarks is presented. Final states containing third-generation quarks and miss- ing transverse momentum are considered. The analysis uses 36.1 fb−1 of proton–proton collision data recorded by the ATLAS experiment at √s = 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016. No significant excess of events above the estimated backgrounds is observed. The results are in- terpreted in the framework of simplified models of spin-0 dark-matter mediators. For colour- neutral spin-0 mediators produced in association with top quarks and decaying into a pair of dark-matter particles, mediator masses below 50 GeV are excluded assuming a dark-matter candidate mass of 1 GeV and unitary couplings. For scalar and pseudoscalar mediators produced in association with bottom quarks, the search sets limits on the production cross- section of 300 times the predicted rate for mediators with masses between 10 and 50 GeV and assuming a dark-matter mass of 1 GeV and unitary coupling. Constraints on colour- charged scalar simplified models are also presented. Assuming a dark-matter particle mass of 35 GeV, mediator particles with mass below 1.1 TeV are excluded for couplings yielding a dark-matter relic density consistent with measurements