The Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of finite order mapping tori II
Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen
University of Aarhus, DenmarkBenjamin Himpel
University of Aarhus, Denmark
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Abstract
We identify the leading order term of the asymptotic expansion of the Witten–Reshetikhin–Turaev invariants for finite order mapping tori with classical invariants for all simple and simply-connected compact Lie groups. The square root of the Reidemeister torsion is used as a density on the moduli space of flat connections and the leading order term is identified with the integral over this moduli space of this density weighted by a certain phase for each component of the moduli space. We also identify this phase in terms of classical invariants such as Chern–Simons invariants, eta invariants, spectral flow and the -invariant. As a result, we show agreement with the semiclassical approximation as predicted by the method of stationary phase.
Cite this article
Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen, Benjamin Himpel, The Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariants of finite order mapping tori II. Quantum Topol. 3 (2012), no. 3/4, pp. 377–421
DOI 10.4171/QT/33