Notes on discrete torsion in orientifolds

DOI10.1016/j.geomphys.2011.01.009zbMath1242.83099arXiv0908.0087OpenAlexW1971015935MaRDI QIDQ533421

Eric Sharpe

Publication date: 3 May 2011

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0908.0087

zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theorydiscrete torsionorientifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Boundary value problems on manifolds (58J32) Topology and geometry of orbifolds (57R18)

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