Deformation of modules of weighted densities on the superspace \(\mathbb{R}^{1| N}\) (Q2341937)

Let \({\mathfrak g}\) be a Lie superalgebra, \(V\) be a vector superspace, and \(\rho_0: {\mathfrak g} \to \mathrm{End}(V)\) a representation. Given a linear map \(\Upsilon: {\mathfrak g} \to \mathrm{End}(V)\), one can form an infinitesimal deformation \(\rho\) of \(\rho_0\) by setting \(\rho := \rho_0 + t\Upsilon\) for a formal parameter \(t\) having the same parity as \(\Upsilon\). The infinitesimal deformations are classified up to equivalence by the first cohomology group \(H^1({\mathfrak g},\mathrm{End}(V))\). Given a representative set of 1-cocycles \(\Upsilon_1, \Upsilon_2, \dots, \Upsilon_m\), one can more generally consider the infinitesimal deformation \(\rho := \rho_0 + \sum_{i = 1}^mt_i\Upsilon_i\). Of interest in this paper is the problem of integrability of such infinitesimal deformations. That is, extending this to a formal series \[ \rho := \rho_0 + \sum_{i = 1}^mt_i\Upsilon_i + \sum_{i,j}t_it_j\rho_{ij}^{(2)} + \cdots \] so that \(\rho: {\mathfrak g} \to {\mathbb C}[[t_1,\dots,t_m]]\otimes\mathrm{End}(V)\) preserves the bracket operation: \([\rho(x),\rho(y)] = \rho([x,y])\). Here \({\mathbb C}[[t_1,\dots,t_m]]\) is understood as a supercommutative associative superalgebra. The authors specifically investigate two Lie superalgebras related to the real superspace \({\mathbb R}^{1| N}\): the contact vector fields \({\mathcal K}(N)\) and the orthosymplectic Lie superalgebra \(\mathfrak{osp}(N| 2)\), which may be considered as a subalgebra of \({\mathcal K}(N)\). They study deformations of actions on direct sums of certain weighted density modules. Using some known results on first cohomology, for \(N \geq 3\), the authors obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the integrability of an infinitesimal deformation and show that any formal deformation is equivalent to its infinitesimal part. In each case, an example of a 1-parameter deformation is given. This work generalizes work of \textit{F. Ammar} and \textit{K. Kammoun} [J. Gen Lie Theory Appl. 3, No. 2, 95--111 (2009; Zbl 1230.17016)] and \textit{I. Basdouri} and \textit{M. Ben Ammar} [Acta Math. Hung. 137, No. 3, 214--223 (2012; Zbl 1274.17028)].