Witten deformation using Lie groupoids (Q2078850)

The author expresses Witten's deformation of Morse functions using deformation to the normal cone and C*-modules. With this approach, he obtains asymptotics of the `large eigenvalues'. This result is applied to a case of Morse-Bott functions. These methods are extended to Morse functions along a foliation. The author constructs the Witten deformation using any generic function on an arbitrary foliation on a compact manifold and establishes the compactness of its resolvent.