Author
Cao, Y
Gross, J
Joyce, D
Journal title
Advances in Mathematics
DOI
10.1016/j.aim.2020.107134
Volume
368
Last updated
2024-03-25T03:25:13.45+00:00
Abstract
Suppose (X, Ω, g) is a compact Spin(7)-manifold, e.g. a Riemannian 8-manifold with holonomy Spin(7), or a Calabi–Yau 4-fold. Let G be U(m) or SU(m), and P → X be a principal G-bundle. We show that the infinite-dimensional moduli space BP of all connections on P modulo gauge is orientable, in a certain sense. We deduce that the moduli space MSpin(7) P ⊂ BP of irreducible Spin(7)-instanton connections on P modulo gauge, as a manifold or derived manifold, is orientable. This improves theorems of Cao and Leung [9] and Mu˜noz and Shahbazi [42]. If X is a Calabi–Yau 4-fold, the derived moduli stack M of (complexes of) coherent sheaves on X is a −2-shifted symplectic derived stack (M, ω) by Pantev–To¨en–Vaqui´e–Vezzosi [46], and so has a notion of orientation by Borisov–Joyce [7]. We prove that (M, ω) is orientable, by relating algebro-geometric orientations on (M, ω) to differential-geometric orientations on BP for U(m)-bundles P → X, and using orientability of BP. This has applications to defining Donaldson–Thomas type invariants counting semistable coherent sheaves on a Calabi–Yau 4-fold, as in Donaldson and Thomas [15], Cao and Leung [8], and Borisov and Joyce [7].
Symplectic ID
1096654
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Publication type
Journal Article
Publication date
15 Apr 2020
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