Generalized Killing spinors and conformal eigenvalue estimates for \(\text{Spin}^c\) manifolds (Q1304662)

In this paper it is proved that for \(\text{spin}^c\)-manifolds of dimensions \(\geq 4\) there are no generalized Killing spinors except the classical Killing spinors. For dimensions \(\leq 3\) non-classical generalized Killing spinors are shown to exist and first steps towards a classification are taken. This then is applied to give lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on the spinor bundle.