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Anomalies associated to the polar decomposition of $\textrm {GL}(n,\textbf {C})$
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 334 (1992), 749-760 Request permission

Abstract:

Let $D$ be a selfadjoint elliptic differential operator on a hermitian bundle over a compact manifold. For positive $D$, the variation of the functional determinant of $D$ under positive definite hermitian gauge transformations is calculated. This corresponds to computing a gauge anomaly in the nonunitary directions of the polar decomposition of the frame bundle ${\text {GL}}(E)$. The variation of the eta invariant for general $D$ is also calculated. If $D$ is not selfadjoint, the integrand in the heat equation proof of the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem is interpreted as an anomaly for ${D^{\ast } }D$ . In particular, the gauge anomaly for semiclassical Yang-Mills theory is computed.
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  • © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 334 (1992), 749-760
  • MSC: Primary 58G26; Secondary 58G10, 81T50
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1992-1075383-2
  • MathSciNet review: 1075383