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An elliptic spectrum is a spectrum which represents an elliptic cohomology theory.
For a ring spectrum, write for its coefficient ring and generally for its generalized cohomology ring over any .
An elliptic spectrum is a triple consisting of
an elliptic curve over the coefficient ring ;
an equivalence
between the algebraic spectrum of the -cohomology ring over the classifying space for complex line bundles (see at complex oriented cohomology theory) and the formal Picard group of .
This is due to (Ando-Hopkins-Strickland01, def. 1.2). See for instance also (Gepner 05, def. 15).
(role of the formal Picard scheme)
Originally (and still in many or even most references), def. is stated with the formal Picard group replaced by the formal completion of at its neutral element.
These two versions of the definition in itself are equivalent, since elliptic curves are self-dual abelian varieties equipped with a canonical isomorphism exhibited by the Poincaré line bundle.
But for the development of the theory, notably for application to equivariant elliptic cohomology, for the relation of elliptic cohomology to loop group representations etc., it is crucial to understand that is the space of sections of a line bundle over a (formal) moduli space of line bundles on, in turn, the elliptic curve, instead of directly on the elliptic curve itself.
Indeed, generally for a compact Lie group, we have that is the space of sections of the WZW model-line bundle for conformal blocks (the prequantum line bundle of the -Chern-Simons theory) on the (formal) moduli space of flat connections on -principal bundles over the elliptic curve. This is the central statement at equivariant elliptic cohomology. As the appearance of the WZW model here shows, this is also crucial for understanding the role of elliptic spectra in quantum field theory/string theory, see at equivariant elliptic cohomology – Interpretation in Quantum field theory/String theory for more on this.
Moreover, understanding as being about moduli of line bundles on the elliptic curve is crucial for understanding the generalization of the concept of elliptic spectra, for instance to K3-spectra. This is indicated in the following table
moduli spaces of line n-bundles with connection on -dimensional
The concept of elliptic spectrum was introduced in
A brief review is for instance in of
Survey includes
Charles Rezk, Elliptic cohomology and elliptic curves, Felix Klein Lectures, Bonn 2015 (web)
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