An estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on compact Riemannian spin manifold admitting parallel one-form

An estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on compact Riemannian spin manifold of positive scalar curvature admitting a parallel one-form is found. The possible universal covering spaces of the manifolds on which the smalles possible eigenvalue is attained are also listed. Moreover, a complete classification of the compact odd-dimensional manifolds whose universal covering space is Sⁿ⁻¹ × is given in the limiting case. All such manifolds are diffeomorphic but not necessarily isometric to Sⁿ⁻¹ × S¹.     

Curvature dependent lower bounds for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator

Using Weitzenböck techniques on any compact Riemannian spin manifold we derive inequalities that involve a real parameter and join the eigenvalues of the Dirac operator with curvature terms. The discussion of these inequalities yields vanishing theorems for the kernel of the Dirac operator D and lower bounds for the spectrum of D² if the curvature satisfies certain conditions.     

Isotropic Kähler structures on Engel 4-manifolds

Examples of isotropic Kähler manifolds (i.e., J²=0) which are neither complex nor symplectic, and therefore not indefinite Kähler, are constructed.     

The Selberg zeta function and a new Kähler metric on the moduli space of punctured Riemann surfaces

A local index theorem for families of -operators on Riemann surfaces with functures is proved. A new Kähler metric on the moduli space of punctured surfaces is described in terms of the Eisenstein-Maass series.     

The first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on locally reducible Riemannian manifolds

We prove a lower estimate for the first eigenvalue of the Dirac operator on a compact locally reducible Riemannian spin manifold with positive scalar curvature. We determine also the universal covers of the manifolds on which the smallest possible eigenvalue is attained.     

Spin structures, spinors and the Dirac operator: real versus complex manifolds

We describe the relation between spin-structures, spinors and the Dirac operator on a (real) manifold and the analogous definitions in complex holomorphic terms. This may be useful for physicists interested in the algebraic geometric approach to superstrings.     

The Dirac spectrum of Bieberbach manifolds

The Dirac spectra and the eta invariants of three-dimensional Bieberbach manifolds are computed. Compact connected three-dimensional spin manifolds admitting parallel non-vanishing spinors are identified as flat tori.     

The first eigenvalue of the transversal Dirac operator

On a foliated Riemannian manifold with a transverse spin structure, we give a lower bound for the square of the eigenvalues of the transversal Dirac operator. We prove, in the limiting case, that the foliation is a minimal, transversally Einsteinian with constant transversal scalar curvature.     

Currents on locally conformally Kähler manifolds

We characterize the existence of a locally conformally Kähler metric on a compact complex manifold in terms of currents, adapting the celebrated result of Harvey and Lawson for Kähler metrics.     

Dirac operator on the sphere with attached wires

An explicitly solvable model for tunnelling of relativistic spinless particles through a sphere is suggested. The model operator is constructed by an operator extensions theory method from the orthogonal sum of the Dirac operators on a semiaxis and on the sphere. The transmission coefficient is obtained. The dependence of the transmission coefficient on the particle energy has a resonant character. One observes pairs of the Breit–Wigner and the Fano resonances. It correlates with the corresponding results for a non-relativistic particle.     

Some extensions of the Einstein–Dirac equation

We considered an extension of the standard functional for the Einstein–Dirac equation where the Dirac operator is replaced by the square of the Dirac operator and a real parameter controlling the length of spinors is introduced. For one distinguished value of the parameter, the resulting Euler–Lagrange equations provide a new type of Einstein–Dirac coupling. We establish a special method for constructing global smooth solutions of a newly derived Einstein–Dirac system called the CL-Einstein–Dirac equation of type II (see Definition 3.1).     

Harmonic maps and stability on locally conformal Kähler manifolds

We study harmonic and pluriharmonic maps on locally conformal Kähler manifolds. We prove that there are no nonconstant holomorphic pluriharmonic maps from a locally conformal Kähler manifold to a Kähler manifold and that any holomorphic harmonic map from a compact locally conformal Kähler manifold to a Kähler manifold is stable.     

Coeffective and de Rham cohomologies of symplectic manifolds

We discuss the relation of the coeffective cohomology of a symplectic manifold with the topology of the manifold. A bound for the coeffective numbers is obtained. The lower bound is got for compact Kähler manifolds, and the upper one for non-compact exact symplectic manifolds. A Nomizu's type theorem for the coeffective cohomology is proved. Finally, the behaviour of the coeffective cohomology under deformations is studied.     

Eigenvalue estimates for the Dirac operator with generalized APS boundary condition

Under two boundary conditions, the generalized Atiyah–Patodi–Singer boundary condition and the modified generalized Atiyah–Patodi–Singer boundary condition, we get the lower bounds for the eigenvalues of the fundamental Dirac operator on compact spin manifolds with nonempty boundary.     

On a conjecture of Guillemin and Sternberg in geometric quantization of multiplicity-free symplectic spaces

We study the relation between multiplicity-free symplectic manifolds and the multiplicities of group representations obtained by geometric quantization. With the help of a general equivalence theorem we can prove a conjecture of Guillemin and Sternberg in the compact Kähler case.     

Characteristic polynomials of random Hermitian matrices and Duistermaat–Heckman localisation on non-compact Kähler manifolds

We reconsider the problem of calculating a general spectral correlation function containing an arbitrary number of products and ratios of characteristic polynomials for a N×N random matrix taken from the Gaussian Unitary Ensemble (GUE). Deviating from the standard “supersymmetry” approach, we integrate out Grassmann variables at the early stage and circumvent the use of the Hubbard–Stratonovich transformation in the “bosonic” sector. The method, suggested recently by J.V. Fyodorov [Nucl. Phys. B 621 [PM] (2002) 643], is shown to be capable of calculation when reinforced with a generalisation of the Itzykson–Zuber integral to a non-compact integration manifold. We arrive to such a generalisation by discussing the Duistermaat–Heckman localisation principle for integrals over non-compact homogeneous Kähler manifolds. In the limit of large-N the asymptotic expression for the correlation function reproduces the result outlined earlier by A.V. Andreev and B.D. Simons [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75 (1995) 2304].