The index of a local boundary value problem for strongly Callias-type operators

DOI10.1007/S40598-019-00110-1MaRDI QIDQ2302252zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Maxim Braverman, Pengshuai Shi

Publication date 26 February 2020

Published in Arnold Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.06134

zbMATH Keywords

boundary value problemCallias indexchiral anomalycobordism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Index theory and related fixed-point theorems on manifolds (58J20) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28) Spectral flows (58J30)

Abstract: We consider a complete Riemannian manifold M whose boundary is a disjoint union of finitely many complete connected Riemannian manifolds. We compute the index of a local boundary value problem for a strongly Callias-type operator on M. Our result extends an index theorem of D. Freed to non-compact manifolds, thus providing a new insight on the Horava-Witten anomaly.

Review text

Let \(M\) be a complete Riemannian manifold with non-compact boundary \(\partial M\). We assume that \(\partial M\) is a disjoint union of finitely many connected components. Then each connected component is a complete manifold without boundary. Let \(E\) be an (ungraded) Dirac bundle over \(M\) and let \(D\) denote the Dirac operator on \(E\). Let \(D_1=D+A\) be a formally self-adjoint Callias-type operator on \(M\). We impose slightly stronger conditions on the growth of the potential \(A\) and call the operators satisfying these conditions strongly Callias-type. In this interesting paper, the authors compute the index of a local boundary value problem for a strongly Callias-type operator \(D_1\) on \(M\). This index theorem extends an index theorem of \(D\). Freed to non-compact manifolds.

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