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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Analytic torsion for twisted de Rham complexes |
Author: | Varghese, M. Wu, S. |
Citation: | Journal of Differential Geometry, 2011; 88(2):297-332 |
Publisher: | Lehigh University |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0022-040X 1945-743X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Varghese Mathai and Siye Wu |
Abstract: | We define analytic torsion τ(X,ε, H) ∈ detH(X,ε, H) for the twisted de Rham complex, consisting of the spaces of differential forms on a compact oriented Riemannian manifold X valued in a flat vector bundle ε, with a differential given by ∇ε + HΛ, where ∇ε is a flat connection on ε, H is an odd-degree closed differential form on X, and H(X,ε, H) denotes the cohomology of this Z2-graded complex. The definition uses pseudodifferential operators and residue traces. We show that when dimX is odd, τ(X,ε, H) is independent of the choice of metrics on X and E and of the representative H in the cohomology class [H]. We define twisted analytic torsion in the context of generalized geometry and show that when H is a 3-form, the deformation H→H–dB, where B is a 2-form on X, is equivalent to deforming a usual metric g to a generalized metric (g, B). We demonstrate some basic functorial properties. When H is a top-degree form, we compute the torsion, define its simplicial counterpart, and prove an analogue of the Cheeger-Müller Theorem. We also study the twisted analytic torsion for T -dual circle bundles with integral 3–form fluxes. © 2011 J. Differential Geometry. |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
DOI: | 10.4310/jdg/1320067649 |
Grant ID: | ARC |
Published version: | http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jdg/1320067649 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Mathematical Sciences publications |
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