Representation growth and rational singularities of the moduli space of local systems

Abstract

Let G be a semisimple algebraic group defined over $$\mathbb {Q}_p$$ , and let $$\Gamma $$ be a compact open subgroup of $$G(\mathbb {Q}_p)$$ . We relate the asymptotic representation theory of $$\Gamma $$ and the singularities of the moduli space of G-local systems on a smooth projective curve, proving new theorems about both: For the proof, we study the analytic properties of push forwards of smooth measures under algebraic maps. More precisely, we show that such push forwards have continuous density if the algebraic map is flat and all of its fibers have rational singularities.