Characteristic functions of semigroups in semi-simple Lie groups

Let G be a noncompact semi-simple Lie group with Iwasawa decomposition {G=KAN} . For a semigroup {S\subset G} with nonempty interior we find a domain of convergence of the Helgason–Laplace transform {I_{S}(\lambda,u)=\int_{S}e^{\lambda(\mathsf{a}(g,u))}\,dg} , where dg is the Haar measure of G, {u\in K} , {\lambda\in\mathfrak{a}^{\ast}} , {\mathfrak{a}} is the Lie algebra of A and {gu=ke^{\mathsf{a}(g,u)}n\in KAN} . The domain is given in terms of a flag manifold of G written {\mathbb{F}_{\Theta(S)}} called the flag type of S, where {\Theta(S)} is a subset of the simple system of roots. It is proved that {I_{S}(\lambda,u)<\infty} if λ belongs to a convex cone defined from {\Theta(S)} and {u\in\pi^{-1}(\mathcal{D}_{\Theta(S)}(S))} , where {\mathcal{D}_{\Theta(S)}(S)\subset\mathbb{F}_{\Theta(S)}} is a B-convex set and {\pi:K\rightarrow\mathbb{F}_{\Theta(S)}} is the natural projection. We prove differentiability of {I_{S}(\lambda,u)} and apply the results to construct of a Riemannian metric in {\mathcal{D}_{\Theta(S)}(S)} invariant by the group {S\cap S^{-1}} of units of S.