Bär, C and Strohmaier, A orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-3840 (2019) An index theorem for Lorentzian manifolds with compact spacelike Cauchy boundary. American Journal of Mathematics, 141 (5). pp. 1421-1455. ISSN 0002-9327
Abstract
We show that the Dirac operator on a compact globally hyperbolic Lorentzian spacetime with spacelike Cauchy boundary is a Fredholm operator if appropriate boundary conditions are imposed. We prove that the index of this operator is given by the same expression as in the index formula of Atiyah-Patodi-Singer for Riemannian manifolds with boundary. The index is also shown to equal that of a certain operator constructed from the evolution operator and a spectral projection on the boundary. In case the metric is of product type near the boundary a Feynman parametrix is constructed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper accepted for publication in American Journal of Mathematics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mathematics (Leeds) > Pure Mathematics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2017 11:32 |
Last Modified: | 20 Apr 2021 15:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/ajm.2019.0037 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123059 |