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Differential Models for the Anderson Dual to Twisted $\mathrm{Spin}^c$-Bordism and a Twisted Anomaly Map

Algebraic Topology 2026-05-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We construct differential models for degree-3 twisted Spinc\mathrm{Spin}^c-bordism and for its Anderson dual. The model for the differential Anderson dual is based on the framework of Yamashita--Yonekura. Using these differential models, we define a twisted anomaly map from differential twisted KK-theory with inverse twist to the differential Anderson dual of twisted Spinc\mathrm{Spin}^c-bordism. The construction is described geometrically in terms of bundle gerbes, gerbe modules, and reduced eta-invariants of Dirac operators associated to the twisted data. Conceptually, this map is expected to be related to the anomalies of twisted 111|1-dimensional supersymmetric field theories, in line with the perspectives of Stolz--Teichner and Freed--Hopkins.

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@article{arxiv.2510.27286,
  title  = {Differential Models for the Anderson Dual to Twisted $\mathrm{Spin}^c$-Bordism and a Twisted Anomaly Map},
  author = {Fei Han and Yuanchu Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.27286},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

56 pages; revised and expanded version