Pseudo-multiplicative unitaries on \(C^*\)-modules and Hopf \(C^*\)-families. I. (Q2472580)

Summary: Pseudo-multiplicative unitaries on \(C^*\)-modules generalize the multiplicative unitaries of Baaj and Skandalis and are analogues of the pseudo-multiplicative unitaries on Hilbert spaces studied by Enock, Lesieur, Vallin. We introduce Hopf \(C^*\)-families on \(C^*\)-bimodules and associate to special classes of pseudo-multiplicative unitaries two Hopf \(C^*\)-families. Furthermore, we discuss dual pairings and counits on these Hopf \(C^*\)-families, etale and proper pseudo-multiplicative unitaries, and two classes of examples. In a later article, we will study regularity conditions on pseudo-multiplicative unitaries, coactions of Hopf \(C^*\)-families on \(C^*\)-algebras, and duality.