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Zero-modes, their topological degeneracy and relation to index theorems have attracted attention in the study of single- and bilayer graphene. For negligible scalar potentials, index theorems explain why the degeneracy of the zero-energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-01 Janik Kailasvuori

We study chiral zero-mode wave functions on blow-up manifolds of $T^2/Z_N$ orbifolds with both bulk and localized magnetic flux backgrounds. We introduce a singular gauge transformation in order to remove $Z_N$ phases for $Z_N$ twisted…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-11-10 Tatsuo Kobayashi , Hajime Otsuka , Makoto Sakamoto , Maki Takeuchi , Yoshiyuki Tatsuta , Hikaru Uchida

Let M be a compact manifold with a fixed spin structure \chi. The Atiyah-Singer index theorem implies that for any metric g on M the dimension of the kernel of the Dirac operator is bounded from below by a topological quantity depending…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2011-07-21 Bernd Ammann , Mattias Dahl , Emmanuel Humbert

The use of bundle gerbes and bundle gerbe modules is considered as a replacement for the usual theory of Clifford modules on manifolds that fail to be spin. It is shown that both sides of the Atiyah-Singer index formula for coupled Dirac…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael K. Murray , Michael A. Singer

We formulate and prove a generalization of the Atiyah-Singer family index theorem in the context of the theory of spaces of manifolds \`a la Madsen, Tillmann, Weiss, Galatius and Randal-Williams. Our results are for Dirac-type operators…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2019-01-28 Johannes Ebert

We study fermion zero-mode wavefunctions on $T^4/Z_N$ orbifold with background magnetic fluxes. The number of zero-modes is analyzed by use of $Sp(4,\mathbb{Z})$ modular transformation. Conditions needed to realize three generation models…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-16 Shota Kikuchi , Tatsuo Kobayashi , Kaito Nasu , Shohei Takada , Hikaru Uchida

The index theorem, discovered by Atiyah and Singer in 1963, is one of most important results in the twentieth century mathematics. It found numerous applications in analysis, geometry and physics. Since it was discovered numerous attempts…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2012-10-04 Maxim Braverman , Leonardo Cano

The Witten index of the $(2,0)$-theory compactified on spaces of the form $S^3/\Gamma\times S^2$, with a freely acting group $\Gamma$, and with external string sources implemented via timelike surface operator insertions, is expressed in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-21 Emil Albrychiewicz , Andrés Franco Valiente , Ori Ganor

The Atiyah-Singer index theorem is investigated on various compact manifolds which admit finite matrix approximations (``fuzzy spaces'') with a view to applications in a modified Kaluza-Klein type approach in which the internal space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Brian P. Dolan , C. Nash

We propose an alternative formulation of the $Z_2$ topological index for quantum spin Hall systems and band insulators when time reversal invariance is not broken. The index is expressed in terms of the Chern numbers of the bands of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-01 Rahul Roy

We extend the Atiyah, Patodi, and Singer index theorem for first order differential operators from the context of manifolds with cylindrical ends to manifolds with periodic ends. This theorem provides a natural complement to Taubes'…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Tomasz Mrowka , Daniel Ruberman , Nikolai Saveliev

In this talk, we review the heat kernel approach to the Atiyah-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators on closed manifolds, as well as the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators on manifolds with boundary. We also discuss…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Weiping Zhang

We present the details of our embedding proof of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem for Dirac operators on manifolds with boundary.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Xianzhe Dai , Weiping Zhang

We generalise the Atiyah-Segal-Singer fixed point theorem to noncompact manifolds. Using $KK$-theory, we extend the equivariant index to the noncompact setting, and obtain a fixed point formula for it. The fixed point formula is the…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2018-04-04 Peter Hochs , Hang Wang

The adjoint 2-dimensional $QCD$ with the gauge group $SU(N)/Z_N$ admits topologically nontrivial gauge field configurations associated with nontrivial $\pi_1[SU(N)/Z_N] = Z_N$. The topological sectors are labelled by an integer $k=0,\ldots,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-23 Andrei Smilga

We formulate and prove a lattice version of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. The main theorem gives a $K$-theoretic formula for an index-type invariant of operators on lattice approximations of closed integral affine manifolds. We apply the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Mayuko Yamashita

If an operator $H$ anticommutes with a chirality operator $\Gamma_*$ such that $\Gamma_*^2=1$, the null space of $H$ can be decomposed in a direct sum of two spaces having positive and negative chiralities, respectively. When both spaces…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-23 João Pedro Breveglieri da Silva , Dmitri Vassilevich

We study (4+2n)-dimensional N=1 super Yang-Mills theory on the orbifold background with non-vanishing magnetic flux. In particular, we study zero-modes of spinor fields. The flavor structure of our models is different from one in magnetized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-02-03 Hiroyuki Abe , Tatsuo Kobayashi , Hiroshi Ohki

We consider the chiral anomaly for systems with a wide class of Hermitian Dirac operators ${Q}$ in 4D Euclidean spacetime. We suppose that $ Q$ is not necessarily linear in derivatives and also that it contains a coordinate inhomogeneity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-26 Praveen D. Xavier , M. A. Zubkov

The condition for a lattice Dirac operator D to reproduce correct chiral anomaly at each site of a finite lattice for smooth background gauge fields is that D possesses exact zero modes satisfying the Atiyah-Singer index theorem. This is…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-25 Ting-Wai Chiu