Curvature on determinant bundles and first Chern forms

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2000-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/math/0009172v1

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The Quillen-Bismut-Freed construction associates a determinant line bundle with connection to an infinite dimensional super vector bundle with a family of Dirac-type operators. We define the regularized first Chern form of the infinite dimensional bundle, and relate it to the curvature of the Bismut-Freed connection on the determinant bundle. In finite dimensions, these forms agree (up to sign), but in infinite dimensions there is a correction term, which we express in terms of Wodzicki residues. We illustrate these results with a string theory computation. There is a natural super vector bundle over the manifold of smooth almost complex structures on a Riemannian surface. The Bismut-Freed superconnection is identified with classical Teichmuller theory connections, and its curvature and regularized first Chern form are computed.

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