Local Index Theory in Lorentzian Geometry
Presenter
October 15, 2019
Keywords:
- index theory
- Feynman propagator
- Dirac operator
MSC:
- 58J40
- 58J20
Abstract
I will state the index theorem for twisted Dirac operators on globally hyperbolic spacetimes with compact Cauchy surfaces. These operators are hyperbolic but still Fredholm on appropriate function spaces. I will give a local proof of the index theorem based on a local construction of the Feynman parametrix. (joint work with C. Baer)