Canonical bases for the quantum enveloping algebra of gl(m|1) and its modules

Abstract

We construct a crystal basis for the negative half of the quantum group U associated to the standard super Cartan datum of gl(m|1), which is compatible with known crystals on Kac modules and simple modules. We show that these crystals admit globalization functions which produce compatible canonical bases. We then define a braid group action on a family of quantum groups including U, and use this action to show that our canonical basis agrees with those constructed from PBW bases. Finally, we explicitly compute some small-rank examples.