Equivariant algebraic vector bundles over adjoint representations (Q1911590)

In this article, the authors extend a result of \textit{F. Knop} which appeared in Invent. Math. 105, No. 1, 217-220 (1991; Zbl 0739.20019) for the case of semisimple groups. Given a reductive complex algebraic group \(G\), let \(F\) be an irreducible \(G\)-module, and denote by \({\mathfrak g}\) the Lie algebra of \(G\). Denote by VEC\(_G({\mathfrak g},F)\) the set of isomorphism classes of \(G\)-vector bundles over \({\mathfrak g}\) whose fiber at \(0\in {\mathfrak g}\) is \(F\). Knop showed that if \(G\) is connected and has non-abelian \({\mathfrak g}\), then VEC\(_G({\mathfrak g},F)\) is non-trivial if the highest weight \(\chi\) of \(F\) is regular and large enough. Here, the authors give a weaker condition on \(\chi\) (it is not necessarily regular) which implies that VEC\(_G({\mathfrak g},F)\) is non-trivial. In fact they show that for all but finitely many choices of \(\chi\), the set VEC\(_G({\mathfrak g},F)\) is non-trivial. This is done by using a result of \textit{G. W. Schwarz}, where the case of \(G=SL_2\) is completely treated [C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris, Sér. I 309, No. 2, 89-94 (1989; Zbl 0688.14040)].