Poisson Geometry of the Grothendieck Resolution of a Complex Semisimple Group

Abstract

We study a Poisson structure $\pi$ on the Grothendieck resolution $X$ of a complex semi-simple group $G$ and prove that the desingularization map $\mu:(X,\pi) \to (G,\pi_0)$ is Poisson, where $\pi_0$ is a Poisson structure such that intersections of conjugacy classes and opposite Bruhat cells $BwB_-$ are Poisson subvarieties. We compute the symplectic leaves of $X$ and show that $(X, \pi)$ resolves singularities of $(G, \pi_0)$.