The \(K(\pi,1)\) problem for the affine Artin group of type \(\widetilde B_n\) and its cohomology. (Q845283)

The authors prove that the complement of the complex affine hyperplane arrangement of type \(\widetilde B_n\) is a \(K(\pi,1)\). The idea of the proof is to show that the hyperplane arrangement complement in question covers a space which is (up to a \(\mathbb{C}^*\) factor) the complement of a finite simplicial arrangement which is known to be a \(K(\pi,1)\) by work of \textit{P. Deligne} [Invent. Math. 17, 273-302 (1972; Zbl 0238.20034)]. Exploiting this fact, in the second part of the paper, the authors compute the cohomology of the Artin group of type \(\widetilde B_n\) with different types of local coefficients. The main tools here are Salvetti's complex and spectral sequences.