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A comment on the χy genus and supersymmetric quantum mechanics

Tom Kingaby, Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

Physics Letters B, Volume: "B566", Issue: 3-4, Pages: 258 - 262

Swansea University Author: Timothy Hollowood Orcid Logo

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In this note we show that a simple modification of supersymmetric quantum mechanics involving a mass term for half the fermions naturally leads to a derivation of the integral formula for the chi_y genus, a quantity that interpolates between the Euler characteristic and arithmetic genus. We note tha...

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Published in: Physics Letters B
ISSN: 03702693
Published: 2003
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28536
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Abstract: In this note we show that a simple modification of supersymmetric quantum mechanics involving a mass term for half the fermions naturally leads to a derivation of the integral formula for the chi_y genus, a quantity that interpolates between the Euler characteristic and arithmetic genus. We note that this modification naturally arises in the moduli space dynamics of monopoles or instantons in theories with 16 supercharges partially broken to 8 supercharges by mass
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Issue: 3-4
Start Page: 258
End Page: 262