Roe \(C^*\)-algebra for groupoids and generalized Lichnerowicz vanishing theorem for foliated manifolds (Q1794587)

The authors study the index theory of longitudinal elliptic operators on open foliated manifolds. Namely, they study the curvature tensors on the target fibers of such manifolds and prove that they have uniformly bounded derivatives, and injectivity radius bounded from below. The second result is inspired by generalization of the Lichnerowicz theorem in [\textit{A. Connes}, Pitman Res. Notes Math. Ser. 123, 52--144 (1986; Zbl 0647.46054)]. The authors generalize Connes' result to open foliated manifolds.