The index formula for the moduli of \(G\)-bundles on a curve (Q731190)

Let \(G\) be a reductive connected complex Lie group and let \(\mathfrak M\) be the moduli stack of algebraic \(G\)-bundles over a smooth projective algebraic curve. The authors prove the formulas for the index of \(K\)-theory classes over \(\mathfrak M\) conjectured by \textit{C. Teleman} [London Math. Soc. Lect. Notes Ser. 308, 358--378 (2004; Zbl 1123.53048)]. For line bundles, the formulas generalize E. Verlinde's which the authors extend to include the Atiyah--Bott classes. The formulas have Witten's integrals over the moduli space of stable bundles as their large level limits. As an application, the Newstead--Ramanan conjecture on the vanishing of high Chern classes of certain moduli spaces of semi-stable \(G\)-bundles is proved.