Published July 31, 2020 | Version v1
Journal article

Atiyah–Patodi–Singer index theorem for domain walls

  • 1. St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, 27 Fontanka, St. Petersburg 191023 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Center of Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Universidade Federal do, ABC 09210-580, Santo André, SP (Brazil)

Description

We consider the index of a Dirac operator on a compact even dimensional manifold with a domain wall. The latter is defined as a co-dimension one submanifold where the connection jumps. We formulate and prove an analog of the Atiyah–Patodi–Singer theorem that relates the index to the bulk integral of Pontryagin density and η-invariants of auxiliary Dirac operators on the domain wall. Thus the index is expressed through the global chiral anomaly in the volume and the parity anomaly on the wall. (paper)

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8121/ab9385

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (Online)
Journal Volume
53
Journal Issue
30
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]
ISSN
1751-8121

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
52065789
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; INTEGRALS; PARITY
Descriptors DEC
PARTICLE PROPERTIES