On flux quantization in $M$-theory and the effective action

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00042-3zbMath0908.53065arXivhep-th/9609122WikidataQ127012647 ScholiaQ127012647MaRDI QIDQ1357174

Edward Witten

Publication date: 18 March 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9609122

zbMATH Keywords

supergravity $M$-theory flux quantization membranes Chern-Simons couplings heterotic string Rarita-Schwinger path integral

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supergravity (83E50) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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On flux quantization in \(M\)-theory and the effective action