Charge of D-branes on singular varieties

Abstract: Considering the

D

-branes on a variety

Z

as the objects of the derived category

D^{b} (Z)

, we propose a definition for the charge of

D

-branes on not necessarily smooth varieties. We define the charge

Q (m a t h c a l G)

of

m a t h c a l G i n D^{b} (Z)

as an element of the homology of

Z

, so that the mapping

Q

is compatible with the pushforward by proper maps between varieties. Given a generic anticanonical hypersurface

Y

of a toric variety

X

defined by a reflexive polytope, we express the charge of a line bundle on

Y

defined by a divisor

D

of

X

in terms of intersections of

D

with cycles determined by the polytope faces.

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