Asymptotic spectral flow for Dirac operators (Q2479704): Difference between revisions

From MaRDI portal
Added link to MaRDI item.
Import241208061232 (talk | contribs)
Normalize DOI.
 
(2 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Property / DOI
 
Property / DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2007.v15.n3.a5 / rank
Normal rank
 
Property / MaRDI profile type
 
Property / MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / arXiv ID
 
Property / arXiv ID: math/0612126 / rank
 
Normal rank
Property / DOI
 
Property / DOI: 10.4310/CAG.2007.V15.N3.A5 / rank
 
Normal rank

Latest revision as of 21:49, 18 December 2024

scientific article
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Asymptotic spectral flow for Dirac operators
scientific article

    Statements

    Asymptotic spectral flow for Dirac operators (English)
    0 references
    2 April 2008
    0 references
    Let \(M\) denote a compact, oriented Riemannian manifold of odd dimension \(n\geq 3\). Suppose that \(F\rightarrow M\) is a principal bundle with structure group \(\text{Spin}(n)\times_{\pm 1} U(k)\) such that \(F/U(k)\) is the principal \(SO(n)\) bundle of orthonormal frames. A connection on the principal bundle \(F/\text{Spin}(n)\rightarrow M\) determines a self-adjoint Dirac operator on a certain associated Clifford bundle. For a fixed pair \((A_0,A_1)\) of such connections and any path joining them, the author considers the Dirac spectral flow, i.e., a weighted count of the connections on this path where the Dirac operator has a zero eigenvalue (the result is independent of the chosen path). The main theorem of this paper claims that the Dirac spectral flow differs from the integral over \(M\) of the wedge product of the relative Chern-Simons form (depending on \((A_0,A_1)\)) and the differential form representing the \(\widehat{A}\) genus of \(M\) by an error term which is mainly given by some constants and integrals over the derivatives of the path of connections. The result is used to derive an estimate for the spectral asymmetry (basically, the difference of the eta invariants of \(A_0\) and \(A_1\)). The note generalizes certain estimates from [\textit{C. H. Taubes}, Geom. Topol. 11, 2117--2202 (2007; Zbl 1135.57015)].
    0 references
    0 references
    asymptotic spectral flow
    0 references
    Dirac operator
    0 references
    Chern-Simons form
    0 references
    heat kernel
    0 references
    eta invariant
    0 references

    Identifiers

    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references
    0 references