An approach to anomalies in M-theory via KSpin

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2007.11.010zbMath1135.81026arXiv0705.3484MaRDI 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 classes; K-theory and generalized cohomology; Spin bundles; topological anomalies in M-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

81T50: Anomalies in quantum field theory

57R20: Characteristic classes and numbers in differential topology

19E15: Algebraic cycles and motivic cohomology ((K)-theoretic aspects)

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