Cherednik algebras and differential operators on quasi-invariants

Abstract

We develop representation theory of the rational Cherednik algebra H associated to a finite Coxeter group W in a vector space h. It is applied to show that, for integral values of parameter `c', the algebra H is simple and Morita equivalent to D(h)#W, the cross product of W with the algebra of polynomial differential operators on h. We further study an algebra Q of quasi-invariant polynomials on h introduced by Chalykh, Feigin, and Veselov [CV], [FV], such that C[h]^W \subset Q \subset C[h]. We prove that the algebra D(Q) of differential operators on quasi-invariants is a simple algebra, Morita equivalent to D(h). The subalgebra D(Q)^W of W-invariant operators turns out to be isomorphic to the spherical subalgebra eHe \subset H. We also show that D(Q) is generated, as an algebra, by Q and its `Fourier dual Q*, and that D(Q) is a rank one projective (Q-Q*)-module (via multiplication-action on D(Q) on opposite sides).