The queer q-Schur superalgebra

Abstract

As a natural generalization quantum Schur algebras associated with the Hecke algebra of the symmetric group, we introduce the quantum Schur superalgebra of type Q associated with the Hecke-Clifford superalgebra, which, by definition, is the endomorphism algebra of the induced module over the Hecke-Clifford superalgebra from certain permutation modules over the Hecke algebra of the symmetric group. We will describe certain integral bases for these superalgebras in terms of matrices and will establish the base change property for them. We will also identify the quantum Schur superalgebra of type Q with the quantum queer Schur superalgebras investigated in the context of quantum queer supergroups and then provide a classification of their irreducible representations over a certain extension of the field of complex rational functions.