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Twistor spaces and the adiabatic limits of Dirac operators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Masayoshi Nagase
Masayoshi Nagase*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama 338-8570, Japan, mnagase@rimath.saitama-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

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We show that a (Spinq-style) twistor space admits a canonical Spin structure. The adiabatic limits of η-invariants of the associated Dirac operator and of an intrinsically twisted Dirac operator are then investigated.

Keywords

57R1581R2553C27
Type
Research Article
Information
Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 164 , December 2001 , pp. 53 - 73
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 2001

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