Equivariant Poincaré polynomial of type B Wonderful Models

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We study the actions of hyperoctahedral groups on the cohomology of the minimal De Concini-Procesi wonderful models associated with reflection arrangements of type $B$. We express the generating series of their equivariant Poincaré polynomials in terms of the corresponding type $A$ series and the equivariant reduced characteristic series of type $B$. The key ingredient is a general inversion formula in equivariant incidence algebras relating equivariant Chow functions and super-reduced characteristic functions. Applying this formula to partition and signed partition lattices, we recover Getzler's compositional identity in type $A$ and establish its type $B$ analogue. We also obtain explicit plethystic and infinite-product formulas for the equivariant characteristic series of type $B$.