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We consider a generalized Dirac operator on a compact stratified space with an iterated cone-edge metric. Assuming a spectral Witt condition, we prove its essential self-adjointness and identify its domain and the domain of its square with…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Luiz Hartmann , Matthias Lesch , Boris Vertman

It has recently been conjectured that the eigenvalues $\lambda$ of the Dirac operator on a closed Riemannian spin manifold $M$ of dimension $n\ge 3$ can be estimated from below by the total scalar curvature: $$ \lambda^2 \ge…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-10-31 Bernd Ammann , Christian Baer

In this paper we discuss the index problem for geometric differential operators (Spin-Dirac operator, Gau{\ss}-Bonnet operator, Signature operator) on manifolds with metric horns. On singular manifolds these operators in general do not have…

dg-ga · Mathematics 2008-02-03 Matthias Lesch , Norbert Peyerimhoff

We study the eigenvalues of the Laplacian with a strong attractive Robin boundary condition in curvilinear polygons. It was known from previous works that the asymptotics of several first eigenvalues is essentially determined by the corner…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Magda Khalile , Thomas Ourmières-Bonafos , Konstantin Pankrashkin

In this paper, we define the spectral Einstein functional associated with the sub-Dirac operator for manifolds with boundary. A proof of the Dabrowski-Sitarz-Zalecki type theorem for spectral Einstein functions associated with the sub-Dirac…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-04-02 Jin Hong , Yuchen Yang , Yong Wang

We consider the two-dimensional Dirac operator with infinite mass boundary conditions posed in a tubular neighborhood of a $C^4$-planar curve. Under generic assumptions on its curvature $\kappa$, we prove that in the thin-width regime the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-19 William Borrelli , Nour Kerraoui , Thomas Ourmières-Bonafos

Consider a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary. In this short note we prove that under certain positive curvature assumptions on the manifold and its boundary the Steklov eigenvalues of the manifold are controlled by the Laplace…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-05-26 Mikhail A. Karpukhin

We use Dirac operator techniques to establish a sharp lower bound for the first eigenvalue of the twisted Dolbeault Laplacian on holomorphic line bundles over compact K\"ahler manifolds.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-10-24 Marcos Jardim , Rafael F. Leão

In this paper, we consider a compact Riemannian manifold whose boundary is endowed with a Riemannian flow. Under a suitable curvature assumption depending on the O'Neill tensor of the flow, we prove that any solution of the basic Dirac…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-07-09 Fida El Chami , Nicolas Ginoux , Georges Habib , Roger Nakad

Let $G/K$ be a simply connected spin compact inner irreducible symmetric space, endowed with the metric induced by the Killing form of $G$ sign-changed. We give a formula for the square of the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator in terms…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Jean-Louis Milhorat

The Dirac operator is considered on a bidimensional domain whose boundary carries the infinite mass boundary condition. The analysis is focused on the existence of discrete spectrum and on its asymptotic description in the thin width limit.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-01 Loïc Le Treust , Thomas Ourmières-Bonafos , Nicolas Raymond

We consider Dirac-like operators with piecewise constant mass terms on spin manifolds, and we study the behaviour of their spectra when the mass parameters become large. In several asymptotic regimes, effective operators appear: the…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-06-01 Brice Flamencourt

In the present paper several bounds on multiplicities of eigenvalues of the Laplacian operator on surfaces are generalized from the case of either closed surface or simply-connected planar domain to the case of a surface of positive genus…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2022-11-29 Aleksandr Berdnikov

We study the $\eta$-invariant of a Dirac operator on a manifold with boundary subject to local boundary conditions with the help of heat kernel methods. In even dimensions, we relate this invariant to $\eta$-invariants of a boundary Dirac…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-10-13 A. V. Ivanov , D. V. Vassilevich

We define an equivariant index of Spin$^c$-Dirac operators on possibly noncompact manifolds, acted on by compact, connected Lie groups. The main result in this paper is that the index decomposes into irreducible representations according to…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2017-10-18 Peter Hochs , Yanli Song

We investigate spectral features of the Dirac operator with infinite mass boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^2$. Motivated by spectral geometric inequalities, we prove a non-linear variational formulation to…

The lowest eigenvalue of the Schr\"odinger operator $-\Delta+\mathcal{V}$ on a compact Riemannian manifold without boundary is studied. We focus on the particularly subtle case of a sign changing potential with positive average.

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-05-17 Michael G. Dabkowski , Michael T. Lock

We consider the magnetic Dirac operator on a curved strip whose boundary carries the infinite mass boundary condition. When the magnetic field is large, we provide the reader with accurate estimates of the essential and discrete spectra. In…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-01-20 Loïc Le Treust , Julien Royer , Nicolas Raymond

It is shown that the second order symmetry operators for the Dirac equation on a general two-dimensional spin manifold may be expressed in terms of Killing vectors and valence two Killing tensors. The role of these operators in the theory…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Lorenzo Fatibene , Raymond G. McLenaghan , Giovanni Rastelli , Shane N. Smith

Let $M$ be a closed connected spin manifold. Index theory provides a topological lower bound on the dimension of the kernel of the Dirac operator which depends on the choice of Riemannian metric. Riemannian metrics for which this bound is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Bernd Ammann , Mattias Dahl