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)

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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
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    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 (English)
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    20 October 2017
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    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.
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    prequantum line bundle
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    moduli space of flat connections
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