An approach to anomalies in M-theory via KSpin

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2007.11.010zbMath1135.81026arXiv0705.3484OpenAlexW1996483244MaRDI QIDQ2479323

Hisham Sati

Publication date: 26 March 2008

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3484

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic classesK-theory and generalized cohomologySpin bundlestopological anomalies in M-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology (57R20) Algebraic cycles and motivic cohomology ((K)-theoretic aspects) (19E15)

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