Classification of loop modules with finite dimensional weight spaces (Q1923274)

The author studies irreducible loop modules with finite-dimensional weight spaces for affine Lie algebras. More precisely let \({\mathcal G}\) be a simple finite dimensional Lie algebra over the complex numbers \(\mathbb{C}\). Let \(L({\mathcal G}) = {\mathcal G} \otimes \mathbb{C} [t,t^{-1}]\) be the loop algebra and let \(\overline L ({\mathcal G})\) be the semidirect product of \(L ({\mathcal G})\) and a derivation \(d\) defined by \([d,X \otimes t^n] = nX \otimes t^n\). Fix a Cartan subalgebra \(h\) of \({\mathcal G}\) and let \(\overline h = h \oplus \mathbb{C} d\). The author classifies irreducible \(\overline L ({\mathcal G})\) modules which are reducible for \(L({\mathcal G})\) and whose weight spaces are finite dimensional with respect to \(\overline h\). They are generally called loop modules.