Flux compactifications on projective spaces and the S-duality puzzle

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2006.V10.N3.A3MaRDI QIDQ2457741zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors P. Bouwknegt, Jarah Evslin, Branislav Jurčo, Varghese Mathai, Hisham Sati

Publication date 23 October 2007

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0501110

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Miscellaneous applications of (K)-theory (19M05) Operations and obstructions in algebraic topology (55Sxx)

Abstract: We derive a formula for D3-brane charge on a compact spacetime, which includes torsion corrections to the tadpole cancellation condition. We use this to classify D-branes and RR fluxes in type II string theory on RP^3xRP^{2k+1}xS^{6-2k} with torsion H-flux and to demonstrate the conjectured T-duality to S^3xS^{2k+1}xS^{6-2k} with no flux. When k=1, H eq 0 and so the K-theory that classifies fluxes is twisted. When k=2 the square of the H-flux yields an S-dual Freed-Witten anomaly which is canceled by a D3-brane insertion that ruins the K-theory classification. When k=3 the cube of H is nontrivial and so the D3 insertion may itself be inconsistent and the compactification unphysical. Along the way we provide a physical interpretation for the AHSS in terms of boundaries of branes within branes.

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