Corners in M-theory

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/25/255402zbMATH Open1219.81219arXiv1101.2793OpenAlexW3101283123MaRDI QIDQ3015367FDOQ3015367

Authors: Hisham Sati 

Publication date: 12 July 2011

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

Abstract: M-theory can be defined on closed manifolds as well as on manifolds with boundary. As an extension, we show that manifolds with corners appear naturally in M-theory. We illustrate this with four situations: The lift to bounding twelve dimensions of M-theory on Anti de Sitter spaces, ten-dimensional heterotic string theory in relation to twelve dimensions, and the two M-branes within M-theory in the presence of a boundary. The M2-brane is taken with (or as) a boundary and the worldvolume of the M5-brane is viewed as a tubular neighborhood. We then concentrate on (variant) of the heterotic theory as a corner and explore analytical and geometric consequences. In particular, we formulate and study the phase of the partition function in this setting and identify the corrections due to the corner(s). The analysis involves considering M-theory on disconnected manifolds, and makes use of the extension of the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index theorem to manifolds with corners and the b-calculus of Melrose.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2793

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Massey products in differential cohomology via stacks
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• Extended quantum field theory, index theory, and the parity anomaly
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