TITLE: equivariant cohomology with respect to a loop group
QUESTION [5 upvotes]: Let $G$ be a compact connected simply connected Lie group. Let $LG$ be the corresponding
loop group. What is the cohomology of its classifying space (i.e. what is the equivariant
cohomology of a point with respect to $LG$?) I would like to express it in terms of
the Lie algebra of $G$.
Is the corresponding $dg$-algebra formal?

REPLY [3 votes]: You can compute $H^\ast(LBG)$ as the Hochschild cohomology 
$$HH^\ast(C_\ast(G), C^\ast(G)),$$
where $C_\ast(G)$ is the singular chain complex of $G$, equipped with the Pontrjagin product, and $C^\ast(G)$ are the cochains, with the $C_\ast(G)$-module structure dual to the obvious one on $C_\ast(G)$.  If you like, you can then replace $C^\ast(G)$ with the Chevalley-Eilenberg complex $K$ for the Lie algebra, and $C_\ast(G)$ with its dual $K^\ast$.  At this point, though, it is perhaps not so obvious how to recover the ring structure on $K^*$ which lets you define the Hochschild cohomology.