Phase space distribution of Gabor expansions

We present an example of a complete and minimal Gabor system consisting of time-frequency shifts of a Gaussian, localized at the coordinate axes in the time-frequency plane (phase space). Asymptotically, the number of time-frequency shifts contained in a disk centered at the origin is only 2/pi times the number of points from the von Neumann lattice found in the same disk. Requiring a certain regular distribution in phase space, we show that our system has minimal density among all complete and minimal systems of time-frequency shifts of a Gaussian.Comment: 9 pages, submitted to publicatio

Deligne pairings and families of rank one local systems on algebraic curves

For smooth families of projective algebraic curves, we extend the notion of intersection pairing of metrized line bundles to a pairing on line bundles with flat relative connections. In this setting, we prove the existence of a canonical and functorial "intersection" connection on the Deligne pairing. A relationship is found with the holomorphic extension of analytic torsion, and in the case of trivial fibrations we show that the Deligne isomorphism is flat with respect to the connections we construct. Finally, we give an application to the construction of a meromorphic connection on the hyperholomorphic line bundle over the twistor space of rank one flat connections on a Riemann surface.Comment: 48 pp. 1 figur

BCOV invariants of Calabi--Yau manifolds and degenerations of Hodge structures

Calabi--Yau manifolds have risen to prominence in algebraic geometry, in part because of mirror symmetry and enumerative geometry. After Bershadsky--Cecotti--Ooguri--Vafa (BCOV), it is expected that genus 1 curve counting on a Calabi--Yau manifold is related to a conjectured invariant, only depending on the complex structure of the mirror, and built from Ray--Singer holomorphic analytic torsions. To this end, extending work of Fang--Lu--Yoshikawa in dimension 3, we introduce and study the BCOV invariant of Calabi--Yau manifolds of arbitrary dimension. To determine it, knowledge of its behaviour at the boundary of moduli spaces is imperative. We address this problem by proving precise asymptotics along one-parameter degenerations, in terms of topological data and intersection theory. Central to the approach are new results on degenerations of $L^2$ metrics on Hodge bundles, combined with information on the singularities of Quillen metrics in our previous work.Comment: Minor revision. Mainly restructure of the text, minor improvements and corrections. Added information about subdominant terms of $L^2$-norm