DIRAC OPERATOR ON COMPLEX MANIFOLDS AND SUPERSYMMETRIC QUANTUM MECHANICS

We explore a simple [Formula: see text] supersymmetric quantum mechanics (SQM) model describing the motion over complex manifolds in external gauge fields. The nilpotent supercharge Q of the model can be interpreted as a (twisted) exterior holomorphic derivative, such that the model realizes the twisted Dolbeault complex. The sum [Formula: see text] can be interpreted as the Dirac operator: the standard Dirac operator if the manifold is Kähler and the Dirac operator involving certain particular extra torsions for a generic complex manifold. Focusing on the Kähler case, we give new simple physical proofs of the two mathematical facts: (i) the equivalence of the twisted Dirac and twisted Dolbeault complexes and (ii) the Atiyah–Singer theorem.