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We establish the factorization of Dirac operators on Riemannian submersions of compact spin$^c$ manifolds in unbounded KK-theory. More precisely, we show that the Dirac operator on the total space of such a submersion is unitarily…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2016-10-11 Jens Kaad , Walter D. van Suijlekom

Motivated by Wigner's theorem, a canonical construction is described that produces an Atiyah-Singer Dirac operator with both unitary and anti-unitary symmetries. This Dirac operator includes the Dirac operator for KR-theory as a special…

K-Theory and Homology · Mathematics 2021-09-15 Simon Kitson

We consider Dirac-type operators on manifolds with boundary, and set out to determine all local smooth boundary conditions that give rise to (strongly) regular self-adjoint operators. By combining the general theory of boundary value…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-07-08 Nadine Große , Alejandro Uribe , Hanne van den Bosch

In this paper we use the G-spin theorem to show that the Davis hyperbolic 4-manifold admits harmonic spinors. This is the first example of a closed hyperbolic 4-manifold that admits harmonic spinors. We also explicitly describe the Spinor…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-03-20 John G. Ratcliffe , Daniel Ruberman , Steven T. Tschantz

In this paper, we give two Lichnerowicz type formulas for Dirac operators and signature operators twisted by a vector bundle with a non-unitary connection. We also prove two Kastler-Kalau-Walze type theorems for twisted Dirac operators and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-04-10 Jian Wang , Yong Wang

We study how the spin structures on finite-volume hyperbolic n-manifolds restrict to cusps. When a cusp cross-section is a (n-1)-torus, there are essentially two possible behaviours: the spin structure is either bounding or Lie. We show…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-12-16 Bruno Martelli , Alan W. Reid

The goal of this paper is to introduce a class of operators, which we call quantum Dirac type operators on a noncommutative sphere, by a gluing construction from copies of noncommutative disks, subject to an appropriate local boundary…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2014-04-03 Slawomir Klimek , Matt McBride

Given a closed connected spin manifold M with non-negative and somewhere positive scalar curvature, we show that the Dirac operator twisted with any flat Hilbert module bundle is invertible.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-02-03 Thomas Schick

We study perturbed Dirac operators of the form $ D_s= D + s{\cal A} :\Gamma(E)\rightarrow \Gamma(F)$ over a compact Riemannian manifold $(X, g)$ with symbol $c$ and special bundle maps ${\cal A} : E\rightarrow F$ for $s>>0$. Under a simple…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-10-26 Manousos Maridakis

Let $G$ be a compact connected Lie group, and $M$ a compact Hamiltonian $G$-space, with moment map $J$. For each $G$-equivariant Hermitian vector bundle $E$ over $M$, one has an associated twisted Spin-C Dirac operator, whose equivariant…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Eckhard Meinrenken

Let M be a closed spin manifold of dimension at least three with a fixed topological spin structure. For any Riemannian metric, we can construct the associated Dirac operator. The spectrum of this Dirac operator depends on the metric of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-01-19 Nikolai Nowaczyk

We investigate Dirac-type operator $D$ on involutive manifolds with boundary with symmetry, which forces the index of $D$ to vanish. We study the secondary $Z_2$-valued index of elliptic boundary value problems for such operators. We prove…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Maxim Braverman , Ahmad Reza Haj Saeedi Sadegh , Junrong Yan

Let $n > 2$, $\gamma > \frac{n-1}{n-2}$, and $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$. We prove that if $M$ and $N$ are two smooth $n$-manifolds that admit a complete Riemannian metric satisfying \[ -\gamma\Delta + \mathrm{Ric} > \lambda, \] then the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Gioacchino Antonelli , Kai Xu

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

In this paper we complete the classification of spin manifolds admitting parallel spinors, in terms of the Riemannian holonomy groups. More precisely, we show that on a given n-dimensional Riemannian manifold, spin structures with parallel…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Andrei Moroianu , Uwe Semmelmann

We consider topologically twisted $\mathcal{N}=2$, $SU(2)$ gauge theory with a massive adjoint hypermultiplet on a smooth, compact four-manifold $X$. A consistent formulation requires coupling the theory to a ${\rm Spin}^c$ structure, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-04-20 Jan Manschot , Gregory W. Moore

We establish a lower bound for the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator defined on a compact K\"ahler-Einstein manifold of positive scalar curvature and endowed with particular ${\rm spin}^c$ structures. The limiting case is characterized by…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-15 Roger Nakad , Mihaela Pilca

We compute the spectrum of the Dirac operator on 3-dimensional Heisenberg manifolds. The behavior under collapse to the 2-torus is studied. Depending on the spin structure either all eigenvalues tend to $\pm\infty$ or there are eigenvalues…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Bernd Ammann , Christian Baer

Consider a Riemannian spin manifold $(M^{n}, g)$ $(n\geq 3)$ endowed with a non-trivial 3-form $T\in\Lambda^{3}T^{*}M$, such that $\nabla^{c}T=0$, where $\nabla^{c}:=\nabla^{g}+\frac{1}{2}T$ is the metric connection with skew-torsion $T$.…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Ioannis Chrysikos

By a theorem of Mclean, the deformation space of an associative submanifold Y of an integrable G_2 manifold (M,\phi) can be identified with the kernel of a Dirac operator D:\Omega^{0}(\nu) -->\Omega^{0}(\nu) on the normal bundle \nu of Y.…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-08-20 Selman Akbulut , Sema Salur