Green functions for the Dirac operator under local boundary conditions and applications

Simon Raulot

Published 2007-03-07Version 1

In this paper, we define the Green function for the Dirac operator under two local boundary conditions: the condition associated with a chirality operator (also called the chiral bag boundary condition) and the $\MIT$ bag boundary condition. Then we give some applications of these constructions for each Green function. From the existence of the chiral Green function, we derive an inequality on a spin conformal invariant which, in particular, solve the Yamabe problem on manifolds with boundary in some cases. Finally, using the $\MIT$ Green function, we give a simple proof of a positive mass theorem previously proved by Escobar.