Chiral differential operators on supermanifolds (Q455636)

This paper provides a new description of chiral differential operators (CDOs) using global geometric quantities and the language of supermanifolds equipped with \(\mathbb{C}\)-valued functions (sc-manifolds). The main result asserts that, given an sc-manifold \(\mathbf{M}\), an affine connection \(\nabla\) and an even \(3\)-form \(H\) satisfying some conditions, there is a recipe to define a sheaf of CDOs on \(\mathbf{M}\) and this recipe gives essentially all sheaves of CDOs on \(\mathbf{M}\). Moreover, conformal structures on this sheaf are in a bijection with even \(1\)-forms which trivialize \(c_1(\nabla)\). Applying the results mentioned above the author constructs chiral Dolbeault complexes of a complex manifold and analyze conditions under which these differential vertex superalgebras admit compatible conformal structures or extra gradings by fermion numbers. The cohomology of these complexes computes Witten genus, the two-variable elliptic genus and a spin version of the Witten genus. The first appendix of the paper reviews the notion of vertex algebroids and their relations with vertex algebras. In the second appendix the author constructs affine connections on cs-manifolds and obtain various formulae that are needed in computations with CDOs.