The prequantum line bundle on the moduli space of flat \(\mathrm{SU}(N)\) connections on a Riemann surface and the homotopy of the large \(N\) limit (Q2410926)

Let \(G\) be a simply connected Lie group and let \(\Sigma \) be a closed oriented 2-manifold of genus \(g>0\). A line bundle can be build over the moduli space of gauge equivalence classes of flat connections \({\mathcal A}_F(\Sigma )/{\mathcal G}\) on a trivial \(G\)-bundle on \(\Sigma \). The purpose of this work is to compute the degree, i.e., the first Chern number, of this line bundle in the case \(G=\mathrm{SU}(2)\). The main result proves that this degree is 1. It would be interesting to extend this computation to other simply connected Lie groups.