Chern-Simons forms on associated bundles, and boundary terms

DOI10.1007/S10711-007-9182-4zbMATH Open1148.53014arXivmath/0601182OpenAlexW2085906172MaRDI QIDQ2467177FDOQ2467177

Authors: David L. Johnson 

Publication date: 21 January 2008

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $E$ be a principle bundle over a compact manifold $M$ with compact structural group $G$. For any $G$-invariant polynomial $P$, The transgressive forms $TP(omega)$ defined by Chern and Simons are shown to extend to forms $PhiP(omega)$ on associated bundles $B$ with fiber a quotient $F=G/H$ of the group. These forms satisfy a heterotic formula ${\displaystyle }$dPhi P(omega)=P(Omega)-P(Psi),${\displaystyle }$ relating the characteristic form $P(Omega)$ to a fiber-curvature characteristic form. For certain natural bundles $B$, $P(Psi)=0$, giving a true transgressive form on the associated bundle, which leads to the standard obstruction properties of characteristic classes as well as natural expressions for boundary terms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601182

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zbMATH Keywords

characteristic classesChern-Simons invariantssecondary characteristic form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Connections (general theory) (53C05) Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Spectral sequences and homology of fiber spaces in algebraic topology (55R20)

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