Crossed Modules and Quantum Groups in Braided Categories

Let A be a Hopf algebra in a braided category C. Crossed modules over A are introduced and studied as objects with both module and comodule structures satisfying a compatibility condition. The category DY (C)AA of crossed modules is braided and is a concrete realization of a known general construction of a double or center of a monoidal category. For a quantum braided group (A,A,R) the corresponding braided category of modules C O(A,A) is identified with a full subcategory in DY (C)AA. The connection with cross products is discussed and a suitable cross product in the class of quantum braided groups is built. Majid–Radford theorem, which gives equivalent conditions for an ordinary Hopf algebra to be such a cross product, is generalized to the braided category. Majid’s bosonization theorem is also generalized.