Quantum walled Brauer-Clifford superalgebras

We introduce a new family of superalgebras, the quantum walled Brauer-Clifford superalgebras ${\mathsf {BC}}_{r,s}(q)$. The superalgebra ${\mathsf {BC}}_{r,s}(q)$ is a quantum deformation of the walled Brauer-Clifford superalgebra ${\mathsf {BC}}_{r,s}$ and a super version of the quantum walled Brauer algebra. We prove that ${\mathsf {BC}}_{r,s}(q)$ is the centralizer superalgebra of the action of ${\mathfrak U}_{q}({\mathfrak q}(n))$ on the mixed tensor space $\mathbf{V}_{q}^{r,s}=\mathbf{V}_{q}^{\otimes r} \otimes (\mathbf{V}_q^*)^{\otimes s}$ when $n \ge r+s$, where ${\mathbf V}_{q}=\mathbb{C}(q)^{(n|n)}$ is the natural representation of the quantum enveloping superalgebra ${\mathfrak U}_{q}({\mathfrak q}(n))$ and $\mathbf{V}_q^*$ is its dual space. We also provide a diagrammatic realization of ${\mathsf {BC}}_{r,s}(q)$ as the $(r,s)$-bead tangle algebra ${\mathsf {BT}}_{r,s}(q)$. Finally, we define the notion of $q$-Schur superalgebras of type $\mathsf{Q}$ and establish their basic properties.