%0 Journal Article %T $¦Å$-factors for Gauss-Manin determinants %A Alexander Beilinson %A Spencer Bloch %A H¨¦l¨¨ne Esnault %J Mathematics %D 2001 %I arXiv %X This is the last version of AG/0111277. Here the old abstract: We define $\epsilon$-factors in the de Rham setting and calculate the determinant of the Gau\ss-Manin connection for a family of (affine) curves and a vector bundle equipped with a flat connection. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0111277v3