Cleft Extensions and Quotients of Twisted Quantum Doubles

Abstract: Given a pair of finite groups $F, G$ and a normalized 3-cocycle $\omega$ of $G$, where $F$ acts on $G$ as automorphisms, we consider quasi-Hopf algebras defined as a cleft extension $\Bbbk^G_\omega#_c\,\Bbbk F$ where $c$ denotes some suitable cohomological data. When $F\rightarrow \overline{F}:=F/A$ is a quotient of $F$ by a central subgroup $A$ acting trivially on $G$, we give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a surjection of quasi-Hopf algebras and cleft extensions of the type $\Bbbk^G_\omega#_c\, \Bbbk F\rightarrow \Bbbk^G_\omega#_{\overline{c}} \, \Bbbk \overline{F}$. Our construction is particularly natural when $F=G$ acts on $G$ by conjugation, and $\Bbbk^G_\omega#_c \Bbbk G$ is a twisted quantum double $D^{\omega}(G)$. In this case, we give necessary and sufficient conditions that Rep($\Bbbk^G_\omega#_{\overline{c}} \, \Bbbk \overline{G}$) is a modular tensor category.