APS $\eta$-invariant, path integrals, and mock modularity

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We show that the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer $\eta$-invariant can be related to the temperature dependent Witten index of a noncompact theory and give a new proof of the APS theorem using scattering theory.

• We relate the $\eta$-invariant to a Callias index and compute it using localization of a supersymmetric path integral.
• We show that the $\eta$-invariant for the elliptic genus of a finite cigar is related to quantum modular forms obtained from the completion of a mock Jacobi form which we compute from the noncompact path integral.