Topological and dynamical aspects of some spectral invariants of contact manifolds with circle action

Abstract

We study analytic torsion and eta like invariants on CR contact manifolds of any dimension admitting a circle transverse action, and equipped with a unitary representation. We show that, when defined using the spectrum of relevant operators arising in this geometry, the spectral series involved can been interpreted in their whole, both from a topological viewpoint, and as purely dynamical functions of the Reeb flow.

arXiv commentVersion 2 : Sign corrected for the contact eta invariant. Discussion and references added around its relationship with the adiabatic limit