The Fermionic integral on loop space and the Pfaffian line bundle

DOI10.1063/5.0060355MaRDI QIDQ6291912arXivFDO

Authors Florian Hanisch, Matthias Ludewig

Publication date 28 September 2017

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0060355

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symplectic field theory; contact homology (53D42) Loop spaces (55P35) Homotopy and topological questions for infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B05) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40)

arXiv classification

math-phmath.DGmath.MP

Abstract: As the loop space of a Riemannian manifold is infinite-dimensional, it is a non-trivial problem to make sense of the "top degree component" of a differential form on it. In this paper, we show that a formula from finite dimensions generalizes to assign a sensible "top degree component" to certain composite forms, obtained by wedging with the exponential (in the exterior algebra) of the canonical 2-form on the loop space. The result is a section on the Pfaffian line bundle on the loop space. We then identify this with a section of the line bundle obtained by transgression of the spin lifting gerbe. These results are a crucial ingredient for defining the fermionic part of the supersymmetric path integral on the loop space.

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