Gauge interpretation of characteristic classes
Lie algebras of vector fields and related (super) algebras (17B66) Infinite-dimensional Lie groups and their Lie algebras: general properties (22E65) Connections (general theory) (53C05) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Infinite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics, including Virasoro, Kac-Moody, (W)-algebras and other current algebras and their representations (81R10)
Let \(p:CP\to M\) be the connection bundle of a principal \(G\)-bundle \(P\to M\). The canonical contact form on the first jet prolongation \(J^1P\) of \(P\) can be considered as a connection on \(J^1P\to CP\). Let \(\Theta\) be its curvature form. It is well known that for every Weil polynomial \(f\), the form \(f (\Theta)\) is projectable onto \(CP\). The main result of the paper reads: If \(G\) is connected, then for every gauge invariant differential form \(\Omega\) on \(P\) there exist differential forms \(\omega_1, \dots, \omega_k\) on \(M\) and Weil polynomials \(f_1,\dots,f_k\) such that \(\Omega=p^* \omega_1\wedge f_1(\Theta)+ \cdots+p^* \omega_k \wedge f_k(\Theta)\).
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