ISSN:
1432-0916
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The recently developed concepts of generalized and universal spin structures are carried over from the orthogonal to the symplectic and unitary cases. It turns out that the analogues ofSpin c-structures, namely theMp c-structures andMU c-structures, are sufficient to avoid topological obstructions to their existence. It is indicated how this fact can be used in the geometric quantization of certain suitably polarized symplectic manifolds with arbitrary second Stiefel-Whitney class, where the usual Kostant-Souriau quantization scheme breaks down.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01221734
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