Compatibility of Ray–Singer metrics under the spectral-sequence identification

Let (E,A)(E,\mathbb{A}) be a flat superconnection and let (H,~)(\mathcal{H},\tilde\nabla) be its Gauss–Manin cohomology bundle with induced flat superconnection. The associated spectral sequence gives an identification of determinant lines

κ:detH(H,~)detH(E,A).\kappa:\det H(\mathcal{H},\tilde\nabla)\longrightarrow\det H(E,\mathbb{A}).

Compatibility conjecture. Under this identification of determinant lines, the Ray–Singer metric of the Gauss–Manin connection should map to the Ray–Singer metric of the original complex:

(H,~)κ(E,A).\|\cdot\|_{(\mathcal{H},\tilde\nabla)}\mapsto\kappa^*\|\cdot\|_{(E,\mathbb{A})}.

This asserts compatibility between the Ray–Singer metrics associated with a flat superconnection and its Gauss–Manin connection. The supplied text gives the proposed identity but no evidence of a proof or resolution.

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Ryan Mickler, “Twisted Analytic Torsion and Adiabatic Limits”, arXiv:1311.6788 (2013).

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