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Orientability of the moduli space of Spin(7)-instantons

Differential Geometry 2019-12-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Let (M,Ω)(M,\Omega) be a closed 88-dimensional manifold equipped with a generically non-integrable Spin(7)\mathrm{Spin}(7)-structure Ω\Omega. We prove that if Hom(H3(M,Z),Z2)=0\mathrm{Hom}(H^{3}(M,\mathbb{Z}), \mathbb{Z}_{2}) = 0 then the moduli space of irreducible Spin(7)\mathrm{Spin}(7)-instantons on (M,Ω)(M,\Omega) with gauge group SU(r)\mathrm{SU}(r), r2r\geq 2, is orientable.

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@article{arxiv.1707.02998,
  title  = {Orientability of the moduli space of Spin(7)-instantons},
  author = {Vicente Muñoz and C. S. Shahbazi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02998},
  year   = {2019}
}

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To appear in Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly