String geometry vs. spin geometry on loop spaces

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2015.07.003zbMATH Open1322.81068arXiv1403.5656OpenAlexW1830996181MaRDI QIDQ490975FDOQ490975

Konrad Waldorf

Publication date: 21 August 2015

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

Abstract: We introduce various versions of spin structures on free loop spaces of smooth manifolds, based on a classical notion due to Killingback, and additionally coupled to two relations between loops: thin homotopies and loop fusion. The central result of this article is an equivalence between these enhanced versions of spin structures on the loop space and string structures on the manifold itself. The equivalence exists in two settings: in a purely topological one and a in geometrical one that includes spin connections and string connections. Our results provide a consistent, functorial, one-to-one dictionary between string geometry and spin geometry on loop spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5656

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zbMATH Keywords

gerbesloop grouploop spacetransgressionstring connectionstring geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Loop groups and related constructions, group-theoretic treatment (22E67) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Loop spaces (55P35) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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