Flux homomorphism on symplectic groupoids (Q1380109)

For any Poisson manifold \(P\), the Poisson bracket on \(C^\infty(P)\) extends to a Lie bracket on the space \(\Omega^1 (P)\) of all differential one-forms, of which the space \(Z^1(P)\) of closed one-forms and the space \(B^1(P)\) of exact one-forms are Lie subalgebras. These Lie algebras are related by the exact sequence \[ 0\to \mathbb{R}\to C^\infty(P) @>d>> Z^1(P) @>f>> H^1 (P,\mathbb{R}) \to 0, \] where \(H^1(P,\mathbb{R})\) is considered as a trivial Lie algebra, and \(f\) is the map sending each closed one-form to its cohomology class. The goal of the present paper is to lift this exact sequence to the group level for compact Poisson manifolds under a certain integrability condition. In particular, we give a geometric description of a Lie group integrating the underlying Poisson algebra \(C^\infty (P)\). The group homomorphism obtained by lifting \(f\) is called the flux homomorphism for symplectic groupoids, which can be considered as a generalization, in the context of Poisson manifolds, of the usual flux homomorphism of the symplectomorphism groups of symplectic manifolds introduced by Calabi.