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The paper finds manifolds with many Rarita-Schwinger fields.

Study Rarita-Schwinger fields on nearly Kähler manifolds, finding coinciding spaces of fields and deformations.

We study the Rarita-Schwinger operator on compact Riemannian spin manifolds. In particular, we find examples of compact Einstein manifolds with positive scalar curvature where the Rarita-Schwinger operator has a non-trivial kernel. For positive quaternion Kähler manifolds and symmetric spaces with spin structure we giv…

Study infinitesimal deformations of Killing spinors on nearly parallel G2-manifolds.

We survey three different ways in which K-theory in all its forms enters quantum field theory. In Part 1 we give a general argument which relates topological field theory in codimension two with twisted K-theory, and we illustrate with some finite models. Part 2 is a review of pfaffians of Dirac operators, anomalies, a…

We prove that there is no parity anomaly in M-theory in the low-energy field theory approximation. Our approach is computational. We determine generators for the 12-dimensional bordism group of pin manifolds with a w_1-twisted integer lift of w_4; these are the manifolds on which Wick-rotated M-theory exists. The anoma…

New equations use Pin(2) symmetry to study spinor and connection solutions.

We give a method to calculate spectra of the square of the Rarita-Schwinger operator on compact symmetric spaces. According to Weitzenböck formulas, the operator can be written by the Laplace operator, which is the Casimir operator on compact symmetric spaces. Then we can obtain the spectra by using the Freudenthal's f…

Spectrum of a certain class of first order conformally invariant operators on the sphere is explicitly computed. The class contains the (elliptic verions of) Rarita-Schwinger operator and its higher spin analogues.

Compactness theorem for 3D RS-SW equations on 3-manifolds.

We give explicit formulas for all odd order differential intertwinors on the subbundle of the bundle of spinor-$k$-forms that are annihilated by the Clifford multiplication over the odd dimensional standard sphere. The Dirac and Rarita-Schwinger operators appear in the case of $k=0$ and $k=1$, respectively.

There is a certain family of conformally invariant first order elliptic operators on Riemannian spin manifold which include Dirac operator as its first and simplest member. Their general definition is given and their basic properties are described. A special attention is paid to the Rarita-Schwinger operator the second…

In this review, basic definitions of spin geometry are given and some of its applications to supersymmetry, supergravity and condensed matter physics are summarized. Clifford algebras and spinors are defined and the first-order differential operators on spinors which lead to the definitions of twistor and Killing spino…

The primary aim of this thesis is to investigate metrics which are induced by a differential form and arise as a critical point of Hitchin's variational principle. Firstly, we investigate metrics associated with the structure group PSU(3) acting in its adjoint representation. We derive various obstructions to the exist…

The boundary-value problem for Laplace-type operators acting on smooth sections of a vector bundle over a compact Riemannian manifold with generalized local boundary conditions including both normal and tangential derivatives is studied. The condition of strong ellipticity of this boundary-value problem is formulated. …

Formulas for spectra of higher spin operators on sphere subbundles.

Local index theorem for chiral geometric operators proved using heat kernel.

We give a classification of $1^{st}$ order invariant differential operators acting between sections of certain bundles associated to Cartan geometries of the so called metaplectic contact projective type. These bundles are associated via representations, which are derived from the so called higher symplectic, harmonic …

The higher spin Laplace operator has been constructed recently as the generalization of the Laplacian in higher spin theory. This acts on functions taking values in arbitrary irreducible representations of the Spin group. In this paper, we first provide a decomposition of the higher spin Laplace operator in terms of Rr…

This paper extends Witten's holomorphic Morse inequalities to singular spaces.

Results on symplectic spinors and their higher spin versions, concerning representation theory and cohomology properties are presented. Exterior forms with values in the symplectic spinors are decomposed into irreducible modules including finding the hidden symmetry (Schur--Weyl--Howe type duality) given by a represent…

This paper completes the construction of arbitrary order conformally invariant differential operators in higher spin spaces. Jan Slovák has classified all conformally invariant differential operators on locally conformally flat manifolds. We complete his results in higher spin theory by giving explicit expressions for …

Braided vector fields on spatial subdomains homeomorphic to the cylinder play a crucial role in applications such as solar and plasma physics, relativistic astrophysics, fluid and vortex dynamics, elasticity, and bio-elasticity. Often the vector field's topology -- the entanglement of its field lines -- is non-trivial,…

Spinor fields depending on tensor fields and other spinor fields are considered. The concept of extended spinor fields is introduced and the theory of differentiation for such fields is developed.

The paper explores how fields in higher dimensions are quantized.

Paper transforms torse-forming vector fields into simpler forms.

Researchers found indecomposable Killing tensor fields on quaternionic projective spaces.

Conformal vector fields on LCP manifolds are orthogonal and Killing.

Paper describes holomorphic polyvector fields on toric varieties.

Tensor fields depending on other tensor fields are considered. The concept of extended tensor fields is introduced and the theory of differentiation for such fields is developed.

The paper proves that certain modified conformal vector fields are trivial on compact and non-compact manifolds.

We prove a monodromy theorem for local vector fields belonging to a sheaf satisfying the unique continuation property. In particular, in the case of admissible regular sheaves of local fields defined on a simply connected manifold, we obtain a global extension result for every local field of the sheaf. This generalizes…

The paper establishes a connection between force-free fields and conformally geodesic fields.

We use the conformal method to obtain solutions of the Einstein-scalar field gravitational constraint equations. Handling scalar fields is a bit more challenging than handling matter fields such as fluids, Maxwell fields or Yang-Mills fields, because the scalar field introduces three extra terms into the Lichnerowicz e…

Vector fields invariant under Lie group action are finitely generated by polynomial fields.

Quantum field theory uses Lorentzian bordisms to describe time evolution.

The position vector field x is the most elementary and natural geometric object on a Euclidean submanifold $M$. The position vector field plays very important roles in mathematics as well as in physics. Similarly, the tangential component x^T of the position vector field is the most natural vector field tangent to the …

Study on vector fields on Lie groups reveals surprising algebraic coincidences.

This work discovers latent field effects governing interacting dynamical systems.

Study proves conformal vector fields on certain Finsler manifolds are Killing fields.

For a submanifold M in a Euclidean space, the tangential component x^T of the position vector field x of M is the most natural vector field tangent to the Euclidean submanifold, called the canonical vector field of M. In this article, first we prove that the canonical vector field of every Euclidean submanifold is alwa…

Study magnetic field evolution in inhomogeneous axion stars.

In this paper we form a general conservation law that unifies a class of physics field theories. For this we first introduce the notion of a general field as a formal sum differential forms on a Minkowski manifold. Thereafter, we employ the action principle to define the conservation law for such general fields. By con…

A Ricci soliton $(M,g,v,λ)$ on a Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ is said to have concurrent potential field if its potential field $v$ is a concurrent vector field. Ricci solitons arisen from concurrent vector fields on Riemannian manifolds were studied recently in \cite{CD2}. The most important concurrent vector field is …

Challenge to separate Earth's magnetic field from vehicle's magnetic field for accurate navigation.

New field invariant refines real spectrum and relates to absolute Galois group.

Study biharmonic vector fields and unit vector fields on Riemannian manifolds.

Classifies vector fields in the kernel of a 1-form, up to equivalence.