On the deformation quantization of coadjoint orbits of semisimple groups. (Q5943447)

The authors construct a deformation quantization for the algebra of polynomial functions on coadjoint orbits of semisimple Lie groups. Kontsevich's formality theorem states the existence of a star product for any Poisson manifold. As a special case of his general construction, Kontsevich also gives an explicit star product for the algebra of polynomials on the dual of a Lie algebra; note that this case was in fact already known [see (\textit{S. Gutt}, Lett. Math. Phys. 7, 249--258 (1983; Zbl 0522.58019)]. However, the existence of a star product on a certain domain gives no knowledge in general for star products on subdomains. In this paper, the authors study deformation quantization for coadjoint orbits of semisimple Lie groups. They construct a deformation in terms of a quotient of the enveloping algebra by an ideal. This construction is independent of coordinates. Finally, a comparison with the results obtained in geometric quantization is investigated in the case of SU(2).