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Spin-H structures

Let us define a Spin-H structure as a reduction of a SO(n)-bundle by the group: $$Spin^H (n)=Spin(n) \times SU(2)/\{ 1,-1\}$$ The Spin-H structures are analogous to the well-known Spin-C structures but for the Hamilton numbers instead of the complex numbers. Can we prove that an oriented riemannian manifold admits a Spin-H structure if and only if it is Spin?

A.Balan
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