*-Hopf algebroids (2412.21089v1)
Abstract: We introduce a theory of $$-structures for bialgebroids and Hopf algebroids over a $$-algebra, defined in such a way that the relevant category of (co)modules is a bar category. We show that if $H$ is a Hopf $$-algebra then the action Hopf algebroid $A# H$ associated to a braided-commutative algebra in the category of $H$-crossed modules is a full $$-Hopf algebroid and the Ehresmann-Schauenburg Hopf algebroid $\mathcal{L}(P,H)$ associated to a Hopf-Galois extension or quantum group principal bundle $P$ with fibre $H$ forms a $$-Hopf algebroid pair, when the relevant (co)action respects $$. We also show that Ghobadi's bialgebroid associated to a $$-differential structure $(\Omega{1},\rm d)$ on $A$ forms a $$-bialgebroid pair and its quotient in the pivotal case a $$-Hopf algebroid pair when the pivotal structure is compatible with $$. We show that when $\Omega1$ is simultaneously free on both sides, Ghobadi's Hopf algebroid is isomorphic to $\mathcal{L}(A#H,H)$ for a smash product by a certain Hopf algebra $H$.