A loop group extension of the odd Chern character

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2016.01.001zbMATH Open1348.19008arXiv1311.6393OpenAlexW2963103448MaRDI QIDQ255658FDOQ255658

Scott O. Wilson

Publication date: 9 March 2016

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the universal odd Chern form, defined on the stable unitary group $U$, extends to the loop group $LU$ in a way that is closed with respect to an equivariant-type differential. This provides an odd analogue to the Bismut-Chern form. We also describe the associated transgression form, the so-called Bismut-Chern-Simons form, and explicate some properties it inherits as a differential form on the space of maps of a cylinder into the stable unitary group. As a corollary, we obtain the Chern character homomorphism from odd K-theory to the periodic cohomology of the free loop space, represented geometrically on the level of differential forms.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.6393

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theoryChern characterloop groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann-Roch theorems, Chern characters (19L10) Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) Eta-invariants, Chern-Simons invariants (58J28)

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