A new new coproduct on quantum loop algebras

Abstract: Quantum loop algebras generalize $U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{g}})$ for simple Lie algebras $\mathfrak{g}$, and they include examples such as quantum affinizations of Kac-Moody Lie algebras, K-theoretic Hall algebras of quivers, and BPS algebras for toric Calabi-Yau threefolds. In the present paper, we define a coproduct on general quantum loop algebras, which coincides with the Drinfeld-Jimbo coproduct in the particular case of $U_q(\widehat{\mathfrak{g}})$ . We investigate the consequences of our construction for the representation theory of quantum loop algebras, particularly for tensor products of modules and R-matrices.