Universal string classes and equivariant cohomology

Details Universal string classes and equivariant cohomology Universal string classes and equivariant cohomology

2010-05-24

arxiv.org/abs/1005.4243v1

J. Aust. Math. Soc. 90(1):109-127, 2011

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Differential Geometry

17 pages

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We give a classifying theory for $LG$-bundles, where $LG$ is the loop group of a compact Lie group $G$, and present a calculation for the string class of the universal $LG$-bundle. We show that this class is in fact an equivariant cohomology class and give an equivariant differential form representing it. We then use the caloron correspondence to define (higher) characteristic classes for $LG$-bundles and to prove for the free loop group an analogue of the result for characteristic classes for based loop groups in Murray-Vozzo (J. Geom. Phys., 60(9), 2010). These classes have a natural interpretation in equivariant cohomology and we give equivariant differential form representatives for the universal case in all odd dimensions.

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