The Wess-Zumino-Witten term of the M5-brane and differential cohomotopy

DOI10.1063/1.4932618zbMath1325.81139arXiv1506.07557OpenAlexW3099504197MaRDI QIDQ3450546

Urs Schreiber, Domenico Fiorenza, Hisham Sati

Publication date: 6 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.07557

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Homology and cohomology of Lie groups (57T10) Special relativity (83A05) Cohomology of Lie (super)algebras (17B56) Functional analysis on superspaces (supermanifolds) or graded spaces (46S60)

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