On the relationship of gerbes to the odd families index theorem

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.01.009zbMath1105.58015arXivmath/0407243OpenAlexW2065654706MaRDI QIDQ856755

Bai-Ling Wang, Alan L. Carey

Publication date: 7 December 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407243

zbMATH Keywords

Dirac operatorsindex theory\(k\)-theorybundle gerbe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Applications of PDEs on manifolds (58J90) Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R65) Index theory (19K56) Bifurcation theory for PDEs on manifolds (58J55)

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The basic bundle gerbe on unitary groups

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