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 -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 -theory with inverse twist to the differential Anderson dual of twisted -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 -dimensional supersymmetric field theories, in line with the perspectives of Stolz--Teichner and Freed--Hopkins.
Cite
@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