Generalised Dirac-Schrödinger operators and the Callias Theorem
We consider generalised Dirac-Schrödinger operators, consisting of a self-adjoint elliptic first-order differential operator $\mathcal {D}$ with a skew-adjoint ‘potential’ given by a (suitable) family of unbounded operators. The index of such an operator represents the pairing (Kasparov produ...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-01-01
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| Series: | Forum of Mathematics, Sigma |
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2050509424001579/type/journal_article |
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| Summary: | We consider generalised Dirac-Schrödinger operators, consisting of a self-adjoint elliptic first-order differential operator
$\mathcal {D}$
with a skew-adjoint ‘potential’ given by a (suitable) family of unbounded operators. The index of such an operator represents the pairing (Kasparov product) of the K-theory class of the potential with the K-homology class of
$\mathcal {D}$
. Our main result in this paper is a generalisation of the Callias Theorem: the index of the Dirac-Schrödinger operator can be computed on a suitable compact hypersurface. Our theorem simultaneously generalises (and is inspired by) the well-known result that the spectral flow of a path of relatively compact perturbations depends only on the endpoints. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-5094 |