Classical Chern-Simons on manifolds with spin structure
Differential Geometry
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
We construct a 2+1 dimensional classical gauge theory on manifolds with spin structure whose action is a refinement of the Atiyah-Patodi- Singer eta-invariant for twisted Dirac operators. We investigate the properties of the Lagrangian field theory for closed, spun 3-manifolds and compact, spun 3-manifolds with boundary where the action is interpreted as a unitary element of a Pfaffian line of twisted Dirac operators. We then investigate the properties of the Hamiltonian field theory over 3-manifolds of the form (R x Y), where Y is a closed, spun 2-manifold. From the action we derive a unitary line bundle with connection over the moduli stack of flat gauge fields on Y.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0504524,
title = {Classical Chern-Simons on manifolds with spin structure},
author = {Jerome A. Jenquin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0504524},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
43 pages, first of two papers in series