Trace functionals on noncommutative deformations of moduli spaces of flat connections (Q696837)

The authors study noncommutative deformations of the spaces of flat connections on a Riemann surface. The moduli space of flat connections on a compact topological Riemann surface decomposes into a union of moduli spaces corresponding to some conjugacy class. For some conjugacy class, the moduli space is equipped with the canonical algebraic symplectic structure. Bringing together two classical theories of deformation (the algebraic one and the theory of star products), the authors construct an efficient deformation of the algebraic functions of the moduli space. The resulting algebra is a variant of the quantum moduli algebra introduced by Alekseev, Grosse, Schomerus, Buffenoi and Roche. Finally the authors construct a natural trace functional using a graphical technique. It is then proved that this construction is related to the canonical Fedosov's and Nest-Tsygan trace via Verlinde's formula. This is the main result of the paper.