Topological structures in string theory

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2001.0841MaRDI QIDQ4535274zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Graeme Segal

Publication date 13 June 2002

Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0841

zbMATH Keywords

survey\(K\)-theorygerbesnoncommutative geometrystring theorytopological quantum field theorystring connection\(D\)-branesstring backgroundsB-fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75) Topological (K)-theory (55N15)

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