Connectedness of levels for moment maps on various classes of loop groups

Abstract: The space

O m e g a (G)

of all based loops in a compact semisimple simply connected Lie group

G

has an action of the maximal torus

T s u b s e t G

(by pointwise conjugation) and of the circle

S^{1}

(by rotation of loops). Let

m u : O m e g a (G) o (i m e s i m a t h b b R)^{*}

be a moment map of the resulting

T i m e s S^{1}

action. We show that all levels (that is, pre-images of points) of

m u

are connected subspaces of

O m e g a (G)

(or empty). The result holds if in the definition of

O m e g a (G)

loops are of class

C^{i n f t y}

or of any Sobolev class

H^{s}

, with

s g e 1

(for loops of class

H^{1}

, connectedness of regular levels has been proved by Harada, Holm, Jeffrey, and the author).

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