Riesz distributions and Laplace transform in the Dunkl setting of type A.

We study Riesz distributions in the framework of rational Dunkl theory associated with root systems of type A. As an important tool, we employ a Laplace transform involving the associated Dunkl kernel, which essentially goes back to Macdonald, but was so far only established on a formal level. We give a rigorous treatment of this transform based on suitable estimates of the type A Dunkl kernel. Our main result is a precise analogue in the Dunkl setting of a well-known result by Gindikin, stating that a Riesz distribution on a symmetric cone is actually a positive measure if and only if its exponent is contained in the Wallach set. For Riesz distributions in the Dunkl setting, we obtain an analogous characterization in terms of a generalized Wallach set which depends on the multiplicity parameter on the root system.