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Publications of Mark A. Stern    :chronological  alphabetical  combined listing:

%% Papers Published   
@article{fds340296,
   Author = {Di Cerbo and LF and Stern, M},
   Title = {Price inequalities and Betti number growth on manifolds
             without conjugate points},
   Journal = {Communications in Analysis and Geometry},
   Volume = {30},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {297-334},
   Publisher = {International Press},
   Year = {2022},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/CAG.2022.V30.N2.A3},
   Abstract = {We derive Price inequalities for harmonic forms on manifolds
             without conjugate points and with a negative Ricci upper
             bound. The techniques employed in the proof work
             particularly well for manifolds of non-positive sectional
             curvature, and in this case we prove a strengthened Price
             inequality. We employ these inequalities to study the
             asymptotic behavior of the Betti numbers of coverings of
             Riemannian manifolds without conjugate points. Finally, we
             give a vanishing result for L2-Betti numbers of closed
             manifolds without conjugate points.},
   Doi = {10.4310/CAG.2022.V30.N2.A3},
   Key = {fds340296}
}

@article{fds340297,
   Author = {Cherkis, SA and Larrain-Hubach, A and Stern, M},
   Title = {Instantons on multi-Taub-NUT Spaces I: Asymptotic Form and
             Index Theorem},
   Journal = {Journal of Differential Geometry},
   Volume = {119},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {1-72},
   Publisher = {International Press},
   Year = {2021},
   Month = {December},
   Abstract = {We study finite action anti-self-dual Yang-Mills connections
             on the multi-Taub-NUT space. We establish the curvature and
             the harmonic spinors decay rates and compute the index of
             the associated Dirac operator. This is the first in a series
             of papers proving the completeness of the bow construction
             of instantons on multi-Taub-NUT spaces and exploring it in
             detail.},
   Key = {fds340297}
}

@article{fds361534,
   Author = {Cherkis, S and Larraín-Hubach, A and Stern, M},
   Title = {Instantons on multi-Taub-NUT Spaces II: Bow
             Construction},
   Journal = {Journal of Differential Geometry},
   Publisher = {International Press},
   Year = {2021},
   Month = {March},
   Abstract = {Unitary anti-self-dual connections on Asymptotically Locally
             Flat (ALF) hyperk\"ahler spaces are constructed in terms of
             data organized in a bow. Bows generalize quivers, and the
             relevant bow gives rise to the underlying ALF space as the
             moduli space of its particular representation -- the small
             representation. Any other representation of that bow gives
             rise to anti-self-dual connections on that ALF space. We
             prove that each resulting connection has finite action, i.e.
             it is an instanton. Moreover, we derive the asymptotic form
             of such a connection and compute its topological
             class.},
   Key = {fds361534}
}

@article{fds361444,
   Author = {Cerbo, LFD and Stern, M},
   Title = {On the Betti Numbers of Finite Volume Hyperbolic
             Manifolds},
   Year = {2020},
   Month = {September},
   Abstract = {We obtain strong upper bounds for the Betti numbers of
             compact complex-hyperbolic manifolds. We use the unitary
             holonomy to improve the results given by the most direct
             application of the techniques of [DS17]. We also provide
             effective upper bounds for Betti numbers of compact
             quaternionic- and Cayley-hyperbolic manifolds in most
             degrees. More importantly, we extend our techniques to
             complete finite volume real- and complex-hyperbolic
             manifolds. In this setting, we develop new monotonicity
             inequalities for strongly harmonic forms on hyperbolic cusps
             and employ a new peaking argument to estimate
             $L^2$-cohomology ranks. Finally, we provide bounds on the de
             Rham cohomology of such spaces, using a combination of our
             bounds on $L^2$-cohomology, bounds on the number of cusps in
             terms of the volume, and the topological interpretation of
             reduced $L^2$-cohomology on certain rank one locally
             symmetric spaces.},
   Key = {fds361444}
}

@article{fds361421,
   Author = {Cerbo, LFD and Stern, M},
   Title = {Harmonic Forms, Price Inequalities, and Benjamini-Schramm
             Convergence},
   Year = {2019},
   Month = {September},
   Abstract = {We study Betti numbers of sequences of Riemannian manifolds
             which Benjamini-Schramm converge to their universal covers.
             Using the Price inequalities we developed elsewhere, we
             derive two distinct convergence results. First, under a
             negative Ricci curvature assumption and no assumption on
             sign of the sectional curvature, we have a convergence
             result for weakly uniform discrete sequences of closed
             Riemannian manifolds. In the negative sectional curvature
             case, we are able to remove the weakly uniform discreteness
             assumption. This is achieved by combining a refined
             Thick-Thin decomposition together with a Moser iteration
             argument for harmonic forms on manifolds with
             boundary.},
   Key = {fds361421}
}

@article{fds339911,
   Author = {Lipnowski, M and Stern, M},
   Title = {Geometry of the Smallest 1-form Laplacian Eigenvalue on
             Hyperbolic Manifolds},
   Journal = {Geometric and Functional Analysis},
   Volume = {28},
   Number = {6},
   Pages = {1717-1755},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {2018},
   Month = {December},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00039-018-0471-x},
   Abstract = {We relate small 1-form Laplacian eigenvalues to relative
             cycle complexity on closed hyperbolic manifolds: small
             eigenvalues correspond to closed geodesics no multiple of
             which bounds a surface of small genus. We describe potential
             applications of this equivalence principle toward proving
             optimal torsion homology growth in families of hyperbolic
             3-manifolds Benjamini–Schramm converging to
             H3.},
   Doi = {10.1007/s00039-018-0471-x},
   Key = {fds339911}
}

@article{fds330393,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {"Nonlinear Harmonic Forms and Indefinite Bochner Formulas "
             in Hodge Theory and L^2-Analysis},
   Volume = {39},
   Publisher = {Higher Education Press},
   Year = {2017},
   Key = {fds330393}
}

@article{fds330524,
   Author = {Stern, MA and Charbonneau, B},
   Title = {Asymptotic Hodge Theory of Vector Bundles},
   Journal = {Communications in Analysis and Geometry},
   Volume = {23},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {559-609},
   Publisher = {International Press},
   Year = {2015},
   Month = {December},
   Key = {fds330524}
}

@article{fds340298,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {$C^{\infty}$ Stability, Canonical Maps, and Discrete
             Dynamics},
   Year = {2014},
   Month = {October},
   Abstract = {We study a discrete dynamical system designed to find a
             'most holomorphic' connection on a smooth complex vector
             bundle $E$. We examine the relation between the distance of
             the chern classes of $E$ from the $(p,p)$ axis of the Hodge
             diamond and singularity formation. Canonical connections and
             canonical metrics pulled back from Grassmannians play a
             major role, and we review their differential geometry. As an
             exercise in the geometry of canonical connections, we
             include an expression for the curvature in terms of heat
             kernels.},
   Key = {fds340298}
}

@article{fds287383,
   Author = {Degeratu, A and Stern, M},
   Title = {Witten Spinors on Nonspin Manifolds},
   Journal = {Communications in Mathematical Physics},
   Volume = {324},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {301-350},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {2013},
   ISSN = {0010-3616},
   url = {http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/1112.0194},
   Abstract = {Motivated by Witten's spinor proof of the positive mass
             theorem, we analyze asymptotically constant harmonic spinors
             on complete asymptotically flat nonspin manifolds with
             nonnegative scalar curvature. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin
             Heidelberg.},
   Doi = {10.1007/s00220-013-1804-0},
   Key = {fds287383}
}

@article{fds287384,
   Author = {Melnikov, I and Quigley, C and Sethi, S and Stern,
             M},
   Title = {Target spaces from chiral gauge theories},
   Journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
   Volume = {2013},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {1-56},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {2013},
   ISSN = {1126-6708},
   url = {http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/1212.1212},
   Abstract = {Chiral gauge theories in two dimensions with (0, 2)
             supersymmetry are central in the study of string
             compactifications. Remarkably little is known about generic
             (0, 2) theories. We consider theories with branches on which
             multiplets with a net gauge anomaly become massive. The
             simplest example is a relevant perturbation of the gauge
             theory that flows to the ℂℙ n model. To compute the
             effective action, we derive a useful set of Feynman rules
             for (0, 2) supergraphs. From the effective action, we see
             that the infra-red geometry reflects the gauge anomaly by
             the presence of a boundary at finite distance. In generic
             examples, there are boundaries, fluxes and branes; the
             resulting spaces are non-Kähler. © 2013
             SISSA.},
   Doi = {10.1007/JHEP02(2013)111},
   Key = {fds287384}
}

@article{fds318338,
   Author = {Quigley, C and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Novel branches of (0, 2) theories},
   Journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
   Volume = {2012},
   Number = {9},
   Year = {2012},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/jhep09(2012)064},
   Abstract = {We show that recently proposed linear sigma models with
             torsion can be obtained from unconventional branches of
             conventional gauge theories. This observation puts models
             with log interactions on firm footing. If non-anomalous
             multiplets are integrated out, the resulting low-energy
             theory involves log interactions of neutral fields. For
             these cases, we find a sigma model geometry which is both
             non-toric and includes brane sources. These are heterotic
             sigma models with branes. Surprisingly, there are massive
             models with compact complex non-Kähler target spaces, which
             include brane/anti-brane sources. The simplest conformal
             models describe wrapped heterotic NS5-branes. We present
             examples of both types. © SISSA 2012.},
   Doi = {10.1007/jhep09(2012)064},
   Key = {fds318338}
}

@article{fds287401,
   Author = {Quigley, C and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Novel Branches of (0,2) Theories},
   Journal = {JHEP},
   Volume = {1209},
   Number = {064},
   Publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
   Year = {2012},
   ISSN = {1029-8479},
   url = {http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/1206.3228},
   Abstract = {We show that recently proposed linear sigma models with
             torsion can be obtained from unconventional branches of
             conventional gauge theories. This observation puts models
             with log interactions on firm footing. If non-anomalous
             multiplets are integrated out, the resulting low-energy
             theory involves log interactions of neutral fields. For
             these cases, we find a sigma model geometry which is both
             non-toric and includes brane sources. These are heterotic
             sigma models with branes. Surprisingly, there are massive
             models with compact complex non-Kahler target spaces, which
             include brane/anti-brane sources. The simplest conformal
             models describe wrapped heterotic NS5-branes. We present
             examples of both types.},
   Doi = {10.1007/jhep09(2012)064},
   Key = {fds287401}
}

@article{fds330394,
   Author = {Stern, MA},
   Title = {Geometry of Stable Yang Mills Connections},
   Booktitle = {Advances in Geometric Analysis},
   Publisher = {International Pressof Boston Incorporated},
   Year = {2012},
   ISBN = {9781571462480},
   Abstract = {This volume covers some of the most recent and important
             developments in geometry and theoretical physics
             today.},
   Key = {fds330394}
}

@article{fds287403,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Geometry of minimal energy Yang-Mills connections},
   Journal = {Journal of Differential Geometry},
   Volume = {86},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {163-188},
   Publisher = {International Press of Boston},
   Year = {2010},
   ISSN = {0022-040X},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1299766686},
   Abstract = {We prove that energy minimizing Yang-Mills connections on
             compact homogeneous 4-manifolds are either instantons or
             split into a sum of instantons on passage to the adjoint
             bundle. We prove related results for Calabi-Yau 3-folds and
             for 3-dimensional manifolds of nonnegative Ricci
             curvature.},
   Doi = {10.4310/jdg/1299766686},
   Key = {fds287403}
}

@article{fds361445,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Spectral asymmetry for manifolds of special
             holonomy},
   Year = {2009},
   Month = {February},
   Abstract = {We define a measure of spectral asymmetry for G_2 and
             Spin(7) manifolds. We show that this invariant can be
             computed in terms of characteristic classes and the
             covariant constant form defining the G_2 or Spin(7)
             structure.},
   Key = {fds361445}
}

@article{fds287404,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Fixed point theorems from a de Rham perspective},
   Journal = {Asian Journal of Mathematics},
   Volume = {13},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {065-088},
   Year = {2009},
   Month = {January},
   ISSN = {1093-6106},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/ajm.2009.v13.n1.a4},
   Doi = {10.4310/ajm.2009.v13.n1.a4},
   Key = {fds287404}
}

@article{fds340125,
   Author = {STERN, M},
   Title = {B FIELDS FROM A LUDDITE PERSPECTIVE},
   Journal = {Quantum Theory and Symmetries},
   Booktitle = {Proceedings of 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory
             and Symmetries (QTS3)},
   Publisher = {WORLD SCIENTIFIC},
   Year = {2004},
   Month = {October},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812702340_0048},
   Doi = {10.1142/9789812702340_0048},
   Key = {fds340125}
}

@article{fds361446,
   Author = {Stern, MA},
   Title = {Mechanical D Branes and B Fields},
   Year = {2003},
   Month = {October},
   Abstract = {We represent B fields and higher p-form potentials on a
             manifold M as connections on affine bundles over M. We
             realize D branes on M as special submanifolds of these
             affine bundles. We check the physical relevance of this
             representation by showing that the properties of the
             resulting branes closely correspond to those of their string
             theory counterparts. As a simple application of this
             geometric understanding of the B field, we show how to
             obtain supersymmetry algebra deformations induced by 2 and 3
             form potentials.},
   Key = {fds361446}
}

@article{fds325016,
   Author = {Paban, S and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Non-commutativity and Supersymmetry},
   Journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
   Volume = {2002},
   Number = {03},
   Pages = {012-012},
   Publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {March},
   url = {http://hep-th/0201259},
   Doi = {10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/012},
   Key = {fds325016}
}

@article{fds287398,
   Author = {Paban, S and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {I. Non-commutativity and supersymmetry},
   Journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
   Volume = {6},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {183-200},
   Year = {2002},
   Month = {March},
   Abstract = {We study the extent to which the gauge symmetry of abelian
             Yang-Mills can be deformed under two conditions: first, that
             the deformation depend on a two-form scale. Second, that the
             deformation preserve supersymmetry. We show that (up to a
             single parameter) the only allowed deformation is the one
             determined by the star product. We then consider the
             supersymmetry algebra satisfied by NCYM expressed in
             commutative variables. The algebra is peculiar since the
             supercharges are not gauge-invariant. However, the action,
             expressed in commutative variables, appears to be quadratic
             in fermions to all orders in θ. © SISSA/ISAS
             2002.},
   Key = {fds287398}
}

@article{fds287405,
   Author = {Stern, MA},
   Title = {Quantum Mechanical Mirror Symmetry, D Branes, and B
             fields},
   Journal = {eprint},
   Year = {2002},
   url = {http://hep-th/02091292},
   Key = {fds287405}
}

@article{fds287397,
   Author = {Britto-Pacumio, R and Maloney, A and Strominger, A and Stern,
             M},
   Title = {Spinning bound states of two and three black
             holes},
   Journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics},
   Volume = {5},
   Number = {11},
   Pages = {1-19},
   Year = {2001},
   Month = {January},
   ISSN = {1029-8479},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/054},
   Abstract = {Bound states of BPS particles in five-dimensional N = 2
             supergravity are counted by a topological index. We compute
             this bound state index exactly for two and three black holes
             as a function of the SU(2)L angular momentum. The required
             regulator for the infrared continuum of near-coincident
             black holes is chosen in accord with the enhanced
             superconformal symmetry.},
   Doi = {10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/054},
   Key = {fds287397}
}

@article{fds287400,
   Author = {Pardon, W and Stern, M},
   Title = {Pure hodge structure on the L2-cohomology of
             varieties with isolated singularities},
   Journal = {Journal fur die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik},
   Volume = {533},
   Pages = {55-80},
   Year = {2001},
   Key = {fds287400}
}

@article{fds287394,
   Author = {Stern, M and Yi, P},
   Title = {Counting Yang-Mills dyons with index theorems},
   Journal = {Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and
             Cosmology},
   Volume = {62},
   Number = {12},
   Pages = {1-15},
   Year = {2000},
   Month = {December},
   ISSN = {0556-2821},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.62.125006},
   Abstract = {We count the supersymmetric bound states of many distinct
             BPS monopoles in N=4 Yang-Mills theories and in pure N=2
             Yang-Mills theories. The novelty here is that we work in
             generic Coulombic vacua where more than one adjoint Higgs
             fields are turned on. The number of purely magnetic bound
             states is again found to be consistent with the
             electromagnetic duality of the N=4 SU(n) theory, as
             expected. We also count dyons of generic electric charges,
             which correspond to 1/4 BPS dyons in N=4 theories and 1/2
             BPS dyons in N =2 theories. Surprisingly, the degeneracy of
             dyons is typically much larger than would be accounted for
             by a single supermultiplet of appropriate angular momentum,
             implying many supermultiplets of the same charge and the
             same mass. ©2000 The American Physical Society.},
   Doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.62.125006},
   Key = {fds287394}
}

@article{fds287396,
   Author = {Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {The structure of the D0-D4 bound state},
   Journal = {Nuclear Physics B},
   Volume = {578},
   Number = {1-2},
   Pages = {163-198},
   Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
   Year = {2000},
   Month = {July},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00181-4},
   Abstract = {We derive a set of equations for the wavefunction describing
             the marginal bound state of a single D0-brane with a single
             D4-brane. These are equations determining the vacuum of an
             N=8 Abelian gauge theory with a charged hypermultiplet. We
             then solve these equations for the most general possible
             zero-energy solution using a Taylor series. We find that
             there are an infinite number of such solutions of which only
             one must be normalizable. We explore the structure of a
             normalizable solution under the assumption of an asymptotic
             expansion. Even the leading terms in the asymptotic series,
             which should reflect the supergravity solution, are unusual.
             Through the Spin(5) flavor symmetry, the modes which are
             massive at long distance actually influence the leading
             behavior. Lastly, we show that the vacuum equations can
             quite remarkably be reduced to a single equation involving
             one unknown function. The resulting equation has a
             surprisingly simple and suggestive form. © 2000 Elsevier
             Science B.V.},
   Doi = {10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00181-4},
   Key = {fds287396}
}

@article{fds287395,
   Author = {Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Invariance theorems for supersymmetric Yang-Mills
             theories},
   Journal = {Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical
             Physics},
   Volume = {4},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {487-501},
   Year = {2000},
   Month = {January},
   ISSN = {1095-0761},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/atmp.2000.v4.n2.a8},
   Abstract = {We consider quantum mechanical Yang-Mills theories with
             eight supercharges and a Spin(5) × SU(2)R flavor symmetry.
             We show that all normalizable ground states in these gauge
             theories are invariant under this flavor symmetry. This
             includes, as a special case, all bound states of D0-branes
             and D4-branes. As a consequence, all bound states of
             D0-branes are invariant under the Spin(9) flavor symmetry.
             When combined with index results, this implies that the
             bound state of two D0-branes is unique.},
   Doi = {10.4310/atmp.2000.v4.n2.a8},
   Key = {fds287395}
}

@article{fds287393,
   Author = {Paban, S and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Summing up instantons in three-dimensional Yang-Mills
             theories},
   Journal = {Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical
             Physics},
   Volume = {3},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {343-361},
   Year = {1999},
   Month = {January},
   ISSN = {1095-0761},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n2.a6},
   Abstract = {We show that the four derivative terms in the effective
             action of three-dimensional N=8 Yang-Mills theory are
             determined by supersymmetry. These terms receive both
             perturbative and non-perturbative corrections. Using our
             technique for constraining the effective action, we are able
             to determine the exact form of the eight fermion terms in
             the supersymmetric completion of the F4 term, including all
             instanton corrections. As a consequence, we argue that the
             integral of the Euler density over k monopole moduli space
             in SU(2) Yang-Mills is determined by our non-renormalization
             theorem for all values of k.},
   Doi = {10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n2.a6},
   Key = {fds287393}
}

@article{fds287390,
   Author = {Paban, S and Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {Constraints from extended supersymmetry in quantum
             mechanics},
   Journal = {Nuclear Physics B},
   Volume = {534},
   Number = {1-2},
   Pages = {137-154},
   Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
   Year = {1998},
   Month = {November},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00518-5},
   Abstract = {We consider quantum mechanical gauge theories with sixteen
             supersymmetries. The Hamiltonians or Lagrangians
             characterizing these theories can contain higher derivative
             terms. In the operator approach, we show that the free
             theory is essentially the unique abelian theory with up to
             four derivatives in the following sense: any small
             deformation of the free theory, which preserves the
             supersymmetries, can be gauged away by a unitary
             conjugation. We also present a method for deriving
             constraints on terms appearing in an effective Lagrangian.
             We apply this method to the effective Lagrangian describing
             the dynamics of two well-separated clusters of D0-branes. As
             a result, we prove a non-renormalization theorem for the υ4
             interaction. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.},
   Doi = {10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00518-5},
   Key = {fds287390}
}

@article{fds287388,
   Author = {Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {D-brane bound states redux},
   Journal = {Communications in Mathematical Physics},
   Volume = {194},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {675-705},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {1998},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002200050374},
   Abstract = {We study the existence of D-brane bound states at threshold
             in Type II string theories. In a number of situations, we
             can reduce the question of existence to quadrature, and the
             study of a particular limit of the propagator for the system
             of D-branes. This involves a derivation of an index theorem
             for a family of non-Fredholm operators. In support of the
             conjectured relation between compactified eleven-dimensional
             supergravity and Type IIA string theory, we show that a
             bound state exists for two co-incident zero-branes. This
             result also provides support for the conjectured description
             of M-theory as a matrix model. In addition, we provide
             further evidence that there are no BPS bound states for two
             and three-branes twice wrapped on Calabi-Yau vanishing
             cycles.},
   Doi = {10.1007/s002200050374},
   Key = {fds287388}
}

@article{fds287389,
   Author = {Sethi, S and Stern, M},
   Title = {A comment on the spectrum of H-monopoles},
   Journal = {Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and
             High-Energy Physics},
   Volume = {398},
   Number = {1-2},
   Pages = {47-51},
   Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
   Year = {1997},
   Month = {April},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00199-8},
   Abstract = {We consider the question of ground states in the
             supersymmetric system that arises in the search for the
             missing H-monopole states. By studying the effective theory
             near certain singularities in the five-brane moduli space,
             we find substantial evidence for the remaining H-monopole
             BPS states required by the conjectured S-duality of the
             toroidally compactified heterotic string. © 1997 Published
             by Elsevier Science B.V.},
   Doi = {10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00199-8},
   Key = {fds287389}
}

@article{fds287387,
   Author = {Sethi, S and Stern, M and Zaslow, E},
   Title = {Monopole and dyon bound states in N = 2 supersymmetric
             Yang-Mills theories},
   Journal = {Nuclear Physics, Section B},
   Volume = {457},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {484-510},
   Publisher = {Elsevier BV},
   Year = {1995},
   Month = {December},
   ISSN = {0550-3213},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(95)00517-X},
   Abstract = {We study the existence of monopole bound states saturating
             the BPS bound in N = 2 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories.
             We describe how the existence of such bound states relates
             to the topology of index bundles over the moduli space of
             BPS solutions. Using an L2 index theorem, we prove the
             existence of certain BPS states predicted by Seiberg and
             Witten based on their study of the vacuum structure of N = 2
             Yang-Mills theories. © 1995.},
   Doi = {10.1016/0550-3213(95)00517-X},
   Key = {fds287387}
}

@article{fds287386,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Lefschetz formulae for arithmetic varieties},
   Journal = {Inventiones Mathematicae},
   Volume = {115},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {241-296},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {1994},
   Month = {December},
   ISSN = {0020-9910},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01231760},
   Doi = {10.1007/BF01231760},
   Key = {fds287386}
}

@article{fds320665,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Index theory for certain complete kähler
             manifolds},
   Journal = {Journal of Differential Geometry},
   Volume = {37},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {467-503},
   Publisher = {International Press of Boston},
   Year = {1993},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214453896},
   Doi = {10.4310/jdg/1214453896},
   Key = {fds320665}
}

@article{fds324039,
   Author = {Saper, L and Stern, M},
   Title = {Appendix to: On the shape of the contribution of a fixed
             point on the boundary. The case of Q-rank one, by M.
             Rapoport},
   Pages = {489-491},
   Booktitle = {The zeta functions of Picard modular surfaces based on
             lectures delivered at a CRM Workshop in the spring of
             1988},
   Publisher = {Centre De Recherches Mathématiques},
   Editor = {Langlands, R and Ramakrishnan, D},
   Year = {1992},
   Key = {fds324039}
}

@article{fds320666,
   Author = {Pardon, WL and Stern, MA},
   Title = {L2 -∂-cohomology of complex projective
             varieties},
   Journal = {Journal of the American Mathematical Society},
   Volume = {4},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {603-621},
   Publisher = {American Mathematical Society (AMS)},
   Year = {1991},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/S0894-0347-1991-1102582-6},
   Doi = {10.1090/S0894-0347-1991-1102582-6},
   Key = {fds320666}
}

@article{fds320667,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {Eta invariants and Hermitian locally symmetric
             spaces},
   Journal = {Journal of Differential Geometry},
   Volume = {31},
   Number = {3},
   Pages = {771-789},
   Publisher = {International Press of Boston},
   Year = {1990},
   Month = {January},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4310/jdg/1214444634},
   Doi = {10.4310/jdg/1214444634},
   Key = {fds320667}
}

@article{fds320668,
   Author = {Stern, M and Saper, L},
   Title = {L²-cohomology of arithmetic varieties},
   Journal = {Annals of Mathematics},
   Volume = {132},
   Number = {1},
   Pages = {1-69},
   Publisher = {JSTOR},
   Year = {1990},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1971500},
   Doi = {10.2307/1971500},
   Key = {fds320668}
}

@article{fds287385,
   Author = {Stern, M},
   Title = {L2-index theorems on locally symmetric
             spaces},
   Journal = {Inventiones Mathematicae},
   Volume = {96},
   Number = {2},
   Pages = {231-282},
   Publisher = {Springer Nature},
   Year = {1989},
   Month = {June},
   ISSN = {0020-9910},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01393964},
   Doi = {10.1007/BF01393964},
   Key = {fds287385}
}

@article{fds320669,
   Author = {Saper, L and Stern, M},
   Title = {L²-cohomology of arithmetic varieties},
   Journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U.S.A.},
   Volume = {84},
   Number = {16},
   Pages = {5516-5519},
   Year = {1987},
   Month = {August},
   url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.84.16.5516},
   Abstract = {The L₂-cohomology of arithmetic quotients of bounded
             symmetric domains is studied. We establish the conjecture of
             Zucker equating the L₂-cohomology of these spaces to the
             intersection cohomology of their Baily-Borel
             compactifications.},
   Doi = {10.1073/pnas.84.16.5516},
   Key = {fds320669}
}

@article{fds9874,
   Author = {Bill Pardon and Mark A Stern},
   Title = {Pure Hodge structures on the L2-cohomology of varieties with
             isolated singularities.},
   Journal = {J. Reine Angew. Math. 533 (2001) 55-80.},
   Key = {fds9874}
}

@article{fds9501,
   Author = {Sonia Paban and Savdeep Sethi and Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {Summing Instantons in 3 dimensional Yang-Mills
             theories},
   Journal = {Adv. Theor. Math. Phys, vol. 3, (1999).},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9808119},
   Abstract = {In this paper, we extend our cohomological
             nonrenormalization analysis to 3 d Yang-Mills theory. As an
             application, we obtain a "physical prediction" of the Euler
             numbers of an infinite family of monopole moduli
             spaces.},
   Key = {fds9501}
}

@article{fds8707,
   Author = {S. Paban and S. Sethi and Mark A Stern},
   Title = {Supersymmetry and higher derivative terms in the effective
             action of Yang-Mills},
   Journal = {J. High Energy Physics. 06:12 (1998)},
   Key = {fds8707}
}

@article{fds9530,
   Author = {Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {L^2-Cohomology and index theory of noncompact
             manifolds},
   Journal = {Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Math. 54 (1993),
             559-575},
   Key = {fds9530}
}

@article{fds9531,
   Author = {L. Saper and Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {Appendix to an article of Rapaport},
   Journal = {Zeta functions of Picard Modular Varieties, R.P. Langlands
             and D. Ramakrishnan ed. CRM, Montreal (1992)},
   Key = {fds9531}
}

@article{fds9534,
   Author = {L. Saper and Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {L^2 cohomology of arithmetic varieties},
   Journal = {Annals of Math. 132 (1990), 1-69},
   Key = {fds9534}
}

@article{fds9536,
   Author = {Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {L^2 index theorems on locally symmetric spaces},
   Journal = {Inventiones 96 (1989), 231-282},
   Key = {fds9536}
}

@article{fds9535,
   Author = {L.Saper and Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {L^2 cohomology of arithmetic varieties},
   Journal = {Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 84 (1987), 5516-5519},
   Key = {fds9535}
}

@article{fds9537,
   Author = {Mark A. Stern},
   Title = {L^2 index theorems on warped products},
   Journal = {Thesis, Princeton University, 1984},
   Key = {fds9537}
}


%% Preprints   
@article{fds225762,
   Author = {Mark Stern},
   Title = {Nonlinear Harmonic Forms and an Exotic Bochner
             Formula},
   Year = {2014},
   Key = {fds225762}
}

@article{fds15951,
   Author = {M.A. Stern},
   Title = {Mechanical B fields and D branes},
   Year = {2003},
   url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th /0310020},
   Key = {fds15951}
}

 

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