A Duistermaat-Heckman type formula for the based loop group (Q2162612)

This paper generalizes the Duistermaat-Heckman formula for oscillatory integrals on the based loop group \(G\) by using the Wiener measure to overcome the difficulty of defining the Liouville measure in infinite dimensions. Starting with the Duistermaat-Heckman formula, certain oscillatory integrals over the based loop group have been defined. It is shown how one such integral can be expressed formally as a sum over the fixed point set. The construction given is valid for any compact connected semisimple Lie group \(G\). The authors provide a detailed background on Wiener measure and heat kernels. They then identify the fixed point set of the \(T\times S^{1}\), (where \(T\) is the maximal torus of \(G\)) action on the based loop group, together with the almost complex structure on the tangent space at each fixed point and the \(T\times S^{1}\) action on the tangent space at each fixed point. As the paper advances, the formal analogue of the Duistermaat-Heckman formula for \(G\) is stated. Finally, they state and derive the computation of a Wiener-measure integral that follows from Frenkel's formula and Fegan's formula.