Unitarizable weight modules over generalized Weyl algebras

We define a notion of unitarizability for weight modules over a generalized Weyl algebra (of rank one, with commutative coeffiecient ring R), which is assumed to carry an involution of the form X∗ = Y , R∗ ⊆ R. We prove that a weight module V is unitarizable iff it is isomorphic to its finitistic dual V . Using the classification of weight modules by Drozd, Guzner and Ovsienko, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for an indecomposable weight module to be isomorphic to its finitistic dual, and thus to be unitarizable. Some examples are given, including Uq(sl2) for q a root of unity.