Simple weight modules for Yangian $\operatorname{Y}(\mathfrak{sl}_{2})$

Abstract

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a finite-dimensional simple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$. A $\operatorname{Y}(\mathfrak{g})$-module is said to be weight if it is a weight $\mathfrak{g}$-module. We give a complete classification of simple weight modules for $\operatorname{Y}(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$ which admits a one-dimensional weight space. We prove that there are four classes of such modules: finite, highest weight, lowest weight and dense modules. Different from the classical $\mathfrak{sl}_{2}$ representation theory, we show that there exist a class of $\operatorname{Y}(\mathfrak{sl}_{2})$ irreducible modules which have uniformly 2-dimensional weight spaces.