A note on coherent orientations for exact Lagrangian cobordisms (Q2179902)

Summary: Let \(L \subset \mathbb{R} \times J^1(M)\) be a spin, exact Lagrangian cobordism in the symplectization of the 1-jet space of a smooth manifold \(M\). Assume that \(L\) has cylindrical Legendrian ends \(\Lambda_\pm \subset J^1(M)\). It is well known that the Legendrian contact homology of \(\Lambda_\pm\) can be defined with integer coefficients, via a signed count of pseudo-holomorphic disks in the cotangent bundle of \(M\). It is also known that this count can be lifted to a mod 2 count of pseudo-holomorphic disks in the symplectization \(\mathbb{R} \times J^1(M)\), and that \(L\) induces a morphism between the \(\mathbb{Z}_2\)-valued DGA:s of the ends \(\Lambda_\pm\) in a functorial way. We prove that this hold with integer coefficients as well. The proofs are built on the technique of orienting the moduli spaces of pseudo-holomorphic disks using capping operators at the Reeb chords. We give an expression for how the DGA:s change if we change the capping operators.