Algebraic Hamiltonian actions

Abstract

In this paper we deal with a Hamiltonian action of a reductive algebraic group $G$ on an irreducible normal affine Poisson variety $X$. We study the invariant moment map $\psi_{G,X}:X\to \g$, that is, the composition of the moment map $\mu_{G,X}:X\to g:=Lie(G)$ and the quotient morphism $g\to g\quo G$. We obtain some results on the dimensions of fibers of $\psi_{G,X}$ and the corresponding morphism of quotients $X\quo G\to g\quo G$. We also study the "Stein factorisation" of $\psi_{G,X}$. Namely, let $C_{G,X}$ denote the spectrum of the integral closure of $\psi_{G,X}^*(K[g]^G)$ in $K(X)^G$. We investigate the structure of the $g\quo G$-scheme $C_{G,X}$. Our results partially generalize those obtained by F. Knop in the case of the actions on cotangent bundles and symplectic vector spaces.