Self-duality, Ramond-Ramond fields and \(K\)-theory

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/032zbMath0990.81626arXivhep-th/9912279OpenAlexW1979044848MaRDI QIDQ5928145

Publication date: 27 March 2001

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912279

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) (K)-theory (19-XX) Partial differential equations on manifolds; differential operators (58J99)

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