The braided fusion and real weight functor conjecture for symmetric varieties

Let KGK\subset G be the symmetric subgroup of a real form GRGG_{\mathbb R}\subset G. Write X(K)X({\mathcal K}) for the corresponding symmetric variety, G(O)G({\mathcal O}) for the positive-loop group, GR(OR)G_{\mathbb R}({\mathcal O}_{\mathbb R}) for the real positive-loop group, and GrR\operatorname{Gr}_{\mathbb R} for the real affine Grassmannian. Let f\star_f denote the fusion product, and let SVect\operatorname{SVect} be the tensor category of finite-dimensional super vector spaces. The abelian equivalence

Perv(X(K)/G(O))Perv(GR(OR)\GrR)\operatorname{Perv}(X({\mathcal K})/G({\mathcal O}))\simeq\operatorname{Perv}(G_{\mathbb R}({\mathcal O}_{\mathbb R})\backslash\operatorname{Gr}_{\mathbb R})

is the equivalence referred to below. Braided fusion and real weight functor conjecture. There exists a natural geometric lift of f\star_f making Perv(X(K)/G(O))\operatorname{Perv}(X({\mathcal K})/G({\mathcal O})) and Perv(GR(OR)\GrR)\operatorname{Perv}(G_{\mathbb R}({\mathcal O}_{\mathbb R})\backslash\operatorname{Gr}_{\mathbb R}) braided monoidal categories, and the abelian equivalence upgrades to an equivalence of braided monoidal categories. Moreover, the real weight functors define a fiber functor

ω:Perv(GR(OR)\GrR)SVect.\omega:\operatorname{Perv}(G_{\mathbb R}({\mathcal O}_{\mathbb R})\backslash\operatorname{Gr}_{\mathbb R})\to\operatorname{SVect}.

This would equip the relevant perverse-sheaf categories with braided tensor structures compatible with the local-global equivalence and would provide the super-Tannakian fiber functor expected from the real weight functors. The statement is presented as an expectation to be proved; no resolution is supplied in the source.

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Primary source

Tsao-Hsien Chen and David Nadler, “Real groups, symmetric varieties and Langlands duality”, arXiv:2403.13995 (2024).

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