Global gravitational anomaly cancellation for five-branes

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2015.V19.N3.A5MaRDI QIDQ5962830zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors S. Monnier

Publication date 24 February 2016

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2250

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We show that the global mixed gauge-gravitational anomaly of the worldvolume theory of the M5-brane vanishes, when the anomaly inflow from the bulk is taken into account. This result extends to the type IIA and heterotic $E_{8}imes{E}_8$ five-branes. As a by-product, we provide a definition of the chiral fermionic fields for generic non-spin M5-brane worldvolume and determine the coupling between the self-dual field and the M-theory C-field.

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