The Maslov Gerbe

Let Lag(E) be the Grassmannian of Lagrangian subspaces of a complex symplectic vector space E. We construct a Maslov class which generates the second integral cohomology of Lag(E), and we show that its mod 2 reduction is the characteristic class of a flat gerbe with structure group Z ₂. We explain the relation of this gerbe to the well-known flat Maslov line bundle with structure group Z ₄ over the real Lagrangian Grassmannian, whose characteristic class is the mod 4 reduction of the real Maslov class.     

Tau-functions on Hurwitz Spaces

We construct a flat holomorphic line bundle over a connected component of the Hurwitz space of branched coverings of the Riemann sphere P ¹. A flat holomorphic connection defining the bundle is described in terms of the invariant Wirtinger projective connection on the branched covering corresponding to a given meromorphic function on a Riemann surface of genus g. In genera 0 and 1 we construct a nowhere vanishing holomorphic horizontal section of this bundle (the ‘Wirtinger tau-function’). In higher genus we compute the modulus square of the Wirtinger tau-function. In particular one gets formulas for the isomonodromic tau-functions of semisimple Frobenius manifolds connected with the Hurwitz spaces H _g,N (1,⋯,1). This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

ON GEOMETRIC QUANTIZATION FOR BOSONIC STRING (Ⅱ)

The Hilbert space and the representation of the generators of Virasoro algebra for bosonic string under a holomorphic polarization are given in this paper,It is shown that the contre term of Virasoro algebra may be interpreted as curvature of a holomorphic vector bundle (holomorphic Fock bundle) on coset space G¹¹=G/H where G denotes the conformal transformation group and H the one-parameter subgroup generated by the generator L₀.The condition of the conformal anomaly cancellation may be expressed as the vanishing curvature of the bundle which is obtained by the product of the holomorphic Fock bundle and the holomorphic ghost vacuum bundle.The geometric interpretations of both classical and quantized BRST operators,ghost and antighost operators are also discussed.     

Geometric Quantization and Two Dimensional QCD

In this article, we will discuss geometric quantization of two dimensional Quantum Chromodynamics with fermionic or bosonic matter fields. We identify the respective large-N _c phase spaces as the infinite dimensional Grassmannian and the infinite dimensional Disc. The Hamiltonians are quadratic functions, and the resulting equations of motion for these classical systems are nonlinear. In [33], it was shown that the linearization of the equations of motion for the Grassmannian gave the 't Hooft equation. We will see that the linearization in the bosonic case leads to the scalar analog of the 't Hooft equation found in [36]. Received: 13 August 1996 / Accepted: 20 May 1997     

On certain infinite dimensional aspects of Arakelov intersection theory

Letk:YX be an embedding of compact complex manifolds. Bismut and Lebeau have calculated the Quillen norm of the canonical isomorphism identifying the determinant of the cohomology of a holomorphic vector bundle overY and the determinant of the cohomology of a resolution by a complex of holomorhic vector bundles overX. The purpose of this paper is to show that the formula of Bismut-Lebeau can be viewed as an equivariant intersection formula over the loop space of the considered manifolds, in the presence of an infinite dimensional excess normal bundle. This excess normal bundle is responsible for the appearance of the additive genusR of Gillet and Soulé in the formula of Bismut and Lebeau.     

Determinants,Grassmanniannians and Elliptic Boundary Problems for the Dirac Operator

We study the relations between different determinants of the Dirac operator over a manifold with boundary considered as sections of a holomorphic line bundle over the Grassmannian of boundary conditions of Atiyah–Patodi–Singer type.     

The Maslov Gerbe

Let Lag(E) be the Grassmannian of Lagrangian subspaces of a complex symplectic vector space E. We construct a Maslov class which generates the second integral cohomology of Lag(E), and we show that its mod 2 reduction is the characteristic class of a flat gerbe with structure group Z ₂. We explain the relation of this gerbe to the well-known flat Maslov line bundle with structure group Z ₄ over the real Lagrangian Grassmannian, whose characteristic class is the mod 4 reduction of the real Maslov class.     

Boson—Fermion Correspondence on the Circle via Quantum Stochastic Calculus

The quantum stochastic differential formula dB = (–1)dA, known to relateboson and fermion fields A and B, respectively, on the Fock space over L ²(R₊),is shown to hold in a modified form in a Fock space associated with the nontrivialcomplex line bundle over the circle S ¹.     

Invariant connections and vortices

We study the vortex equations on a line bundle over a compact Kähler manifold. These are a generalization of the classical vortex equations over ². We first prove an invariant version of the theorem of Donaldson, Uhlenbeck and Yau relating the existence of a Hermitian-Yang-Mills metric on a holomorphic bundle to the stability of such a bundle. We then show that the vortex equations are a dimensional reduction of the Hermitian-Yang-Mills equation. Using this fact and the theorem above we give a new existence proof for the vortex equations and describe the moduli space of solutions.     

Boson fields with the :Φ4: Interaction in three dimensions

The :⁴: interaction for boson fields is considered in three dimensional space time. A space cutoff is included in the interaction term. The main result is that the renormalized HamiltonianH _ren is a densely defined symmetric operator. In addition to the infinite vacuum energy and infinite mass renormalizations, this theory has an infinite wave function renormalization. Consequently the Hilbert space (of physical particles) in whichH _ren acts is disjoint from the bare particle Fock Hilbert space in which the unrenormalized Hamiltonian is defined.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation, NSF GP 7477.     

Tau functions and the twistor theory of integrable systems

We first define τ-functions as generalized cross-ratios of four points on a finite- or infinite-dimensional Grassmannian. We show how this definition can be used to construct a natural flat connection on a determinant line bundle associated with two equivariant holomorphic vector bundles over a twistor space, provided that the action of the symmetries on the bundles has the same normal form at the fixed points for the two bundles. The determinant line bundle has a natural meromorphic section of which the logarithmic covariant derivative is the logarithmic derivative of the τ-function. We establish a natural product formula for this τ-function; we show that it vanishes at the jumping lines of one bundle and has poles at the jumping lines of the other. We also show that this definition leads to standard expressions for the τ-functions of the KdV equation, the Ernst equation, and the isomonodromic deformation equations. We describe a new twistor treatment of the isomonodromic deformation equations.     

Intersection numbers on Grassmannians,and on the space of holomorphic maps from CP1 into Gr(Cn)

We derive some explicit expressions for correlators on Grassmannian G_r(Cⁿ) as well as on the moduli space of holomorphic maps, of a fixed degree d, from sphere into the Grassmannian. Correlators obtained on the Grassmannian are a first-step generalization of the Schubert formula for the self-intersection. The intersection numbers on the moduli space for r=2,3 are given explicitly by two closed formulas, when r=2 the intersection numbers are found to generate the alternate Fibonacci numbers, the Pell numbers and in general a random walk of a particle on a line with absorbing barriers. For r=3, the intersection numbers form a well-organized pattern.     

Symplectic Structures of Moduli Space¶of Higgs Bundles over a Curve and Hilbert Scheme¶of Points on the Canonical Bundle

The moduli space of triples of the form (E,θ,s) are considered, where (E,θ) is a Higgs bundle on a fixed Riemann surface X, and s is a nonzero holomorphic section of E. Such a moduli space admits a natural map to the moduli space of Higgs bundles simply by forgetting s. If (Y,L) is the spectral data for the Higgs bundle (E,θ), then s defines a section of the line bundle L over Y. The divisor of this section gives a point of a Hilbert scheme, parametrizing 0-dimensional subschemes of the total space of the canonical bundle K _X , since Y is a curve on K _X . The main result says that the pullback of the symplectic form on the moduli space of Higgs bundles to the moduli space of triples coincides with the pullback of the natural symplectic form on the Hilbert scheme using the map that sends any triple (E,θ,s) to the divisor of the corresponding section of the line bundle on the spectral curve. Received: 15 January 2000 / Accepted: 25 March 2001     

Differential operators and immersions of a Riemann surface into a Grassmannian

We consider equivariant holomorphic immersions of a universal cover of a compact Riemann surface X into a Grassmannian satisfying a nondegeneracy condition. The equivariance condition says that there is a homomorphism ρ of the Galois group to that takes the natural action of the Galois group on to the action of the Galois group on defined using ρ. We prove that the space of such embeddings are in bijective correspondence with the space of all holomorphic differential operators of order two on a rank n vector bundle over X with the property that the symbol of the operator is an isomorphism.     

Some comments on Chern-Simons gauge theory

Following M. F. Atiyah and R. Bott [AB] and E. Witten [W], we consider the space of flat connections on the trivialSU(2) bundle over a surfaceM, modulo the space of gauge transformations. We describe on this quotient space a natural hermitian line-bundle with connection and prove that if the surfaceM is now endowed with a complex structure, this line bundle is isomorphic to the determinant bundle. We show heuristically how path-integral quantisation of the Chern-Simons action yields holomorphic sections of this bundle.I.M.S. and T.R.R. supported by DOE grant DE-FG02-88ER 25066. J.W. supported by NSF Mathematical Sciences post-doctoral research scholarship 8807291     

Hamiltonian constructions of Kähler-Einstein metrics and Kähler metrics of constant scalar curvature

Assuming the existence of a real torus acting through holomorphic isometries on a Kähler manifold, we construct an ansatz for Kähler-Einstein metrics and an ansatz for Kähler metrics with constant scalar curvature. Using this Hamiltonian approach we solve the differential equations in special cases and find, in particular, a family of constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics describing a non-linear superposition of the Bergman metric, the Calabi metric and a higher dimensional generalization of the LeBrun Kähler metric. The superposition contains Kähler-Einstein metrics and all the geometries are complete on the open disk bundle of some line bundle over the complex projective spaceP _n. We also build such Kähler geometries on Kähler quotients of higher cohomogeneity.Partially supported by the NSF Under Grant No. DMS 8906809     

Matrix Integrals and the Geometry of Spinors

Abstract

We obtain the collection of symmetric and symplectic matrix integrals and the collection of Pfaffian tau-functions, recently described by Peng and Adler and van Moerbeke, as specific elements in the Spin-group orbit of the vacuum vector of a fermionic Fock space. This fermionic Fock space is the same space as one constructs to obtain the KP and 1-Toda lattice hierarchy.     

Scaled Correlations of Critical Points of Random Sections on Riemann Surfaces

In this paper we prove that as N goes to infinity, the scaling limit of the correlation between critical points z ₁ and z ₂ of random holomorphic sections of the N-th power of a positive line bundle over a compact Riemann surface tends to 2/(3π ²) for small . The scaling limit is directly calculated using a general form of the Kac-Rice formula and formulas and theorems of Pavel Bleher, Bernard Shiffman, and Steve Zelditch.