Symmetry and Pieri rules for the bisymmetric Macdonald polynomials

Bisymmetric Macdonald polynomials can be obtained through a process of antisymmetrization and t-symmetrization of non-symmetric Macdonald polynomials. Using the double affine Hecke algebra, we show that the evaluation of the bisymmetric Macdonald polynomials satisfies a symmetry property generalizing that satisfied by the usual Macdonald polynomials. We then obtain Pieri rules for the bisymmetric Macdonald polynomials where the sums are over certain vertical strips.