On geometric quantization of \(b\)-symplectic manifolds (Q1647402)

Let \((M, \omega )\) be an integral symplectic manifold and \((\mathcal{L}, \nabla )\) a line bundle with connection of curvature \(\omega \). The quadruple \((M, \omega , \mathcal{L}, \nabla )\) is called a \textit{prequantization} of \((M, \omega )\). In order to extend this construction to a Poisson geometry the present study focuses on a special class of Poisson manifolds that have two helpful properties. Firstly, the Poisson structure is symplectic on the complement of a real hypersurface \(Z\) and is minimally degenerate in the sense that the top alternating power of the Poisson bivector field has a simple zero. Such \(b\)-symplectic manifolds have been the subject of intensive study and are by now well understood from a geometrical point of view. Secondly, the manifold has a Hamiltonian action of a torus with a certain nondegeneracy condition. The presence of these two properties allows the authors to use tools from symplectic geometry.