Pre-quantization of the moduli space of flat \(G\)-bundles over a surface (Q955128)

The paper under review provides a precise description of the levels \(l>0\) for which the moduli space \(M(\Sigma)\simeq\text{Hom}(\pi_1(\Sigma),G)\) is pre-quantizable, where \(\Sigma\) is a compact oriented surface with one boundary component and \(G\) is a compact connected simple Lie group. The corresponding levels turn out to be integer multiples of a fixed integer \(l_0\) depending on the group~\(G\). Recall that \(M(\Sigma)\) is a quasi-Hamiltonian \(G\)-space in the sense of \textit{A.~Alekseev, A.~Malkin}, and \textit{E.~Meinrenken} [J. Differ. Geom. 48, No.~3, 445--495 (1998; Zbl 0948.53045)] and a pre-quantization is an integral lift of a certain \(G\)-equivariant de Rham cohomology class. The present paper also records the challenging remark that the list of the aforementioned integers \(l_0\) shows up in a different context in the paper by \textit{V.~Toledano Laredo} [Commun. Math. Phys. 207, No.~2, 307--339 (1999; Zbl 0969.22010)].