A \(tt^*\)-bundle associated with a harmonic map from a Riemann surface into a sphere (Q428913)

A \(tt^*\)-bundle is a real vector bundle equippled with a family of flat connections, parametrized by a circle. The notion of \(tt^*\)-bundle was introduced by Schäfer as a simple solution to a generalized version of the equation of topological-antitopological fusion which is a special geometric structure of a Frobenius manifold. In this paper, the authors construct a \(tt^*\)-bundle by using a harmonic map from a Riemann surface into an \(n\)-dimensional sphere. This \(tt^*\)-bundle is a high-dimensional analogue of a quaternionic line bundle with a Willmore connection.