June 29, 2026 to July 3, 2026
YITP, Kyoto University
Asia/Tokyo timezone

Lattice Dirac operators and K-theory

Jun 30, 2026, 4:00 PM
30m
Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall (YITP, Kyoto University)

Panasonic Auditorium, Yukawa Hall

YITP, Kyoto University

invited talk

Speaker

Hidenori Fukaya (Osaka Univ.)

Description

We employ $K$-theory to classify the Wilson Dirac operators to study gauge field topology on the lattice. In contrast to the index of the overlap Dirac operator defined through the Ginsparg-Wilson relation, which is restricted to flat tori in even dimensions, our formulation offers several key advantages: 1) It can be applied straightforwardly to the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index for manifolds with boundary. 2) The boundary can be curved, allowing for the inclusion of gravitational background effects. 3) The mod-2 index in both even and odd dimensions can be defined as a natural extension of the same formulation. In this talk, we present the mathematical proof and provide numerical evidence supporting the formulation.

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