Parallel spinors and holonomy groups

DOI10.1063/1.533247MaRDI QIDQ2737940zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Andrei Moroianu, Uwe Semmelmann

Publication date 30 August 2001

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9903062

zbMATH Keywords

classification of holonomy groupsparallel spinorsspin structures

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Issues of holonomy in differential geometry (53C29)

Abstract: In this paper we complete the classification of spin manifolds admitting parallel spinors, in terms of the Riemannian holonomy groups. More precisely, we show that on a given n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, spin structures with parallel spinors are in one to one correspondence with lifts to Spin_n of the Riemannian holonomy group, with fixed points on the spin representation space. In particular, we obtain the first examples of compact manifolds with two different spin structures carrying parallel spinors.

Review text

The authors complete the classification of holonomy groups admitting parallel spinors given by \textit{M. Y. Wang} [Ann. Global Anal. Geom. 13, 31-42 (1995; Zbl 0826.53041)], by showing that on a given \(n\)-dimensional Riemannian manifold spin structures with parallel spinors are in a one-to-one correspondence with lifts to \(\text{Spin}_n\) of the Riemannian holonomy group having fixed points on the spin representation space. In particular, they also exhibit the first example of compact manifolds having two different spin structures with parallel spinors.NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEContents include: an introduction; preliminaries; Wang's holonomy criterion; spin structures induced by holonomy bundles; examples and further remarks.

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