Open-Closed Correspondence of K-theory and Cobordism

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2022)037arXiv2112.07678MaRDI QIDQ6385692FDOQ6385692

Authors: Ralph Blumenhagen, Niccolò Cribiori 

Publication date: 14 December 2021

Abstract: Non-trivial K-theory groups and non-trivial cobordism groups can lead to global symmetries which are conjectured to be absent in quantum gravity. Inspired by open-closed string duality, we propose a correspondence between the two groups, which can be considered as the physical manifestation of a generalisation of the classic Conner--Floyd isomorphism. The picture is exemplified by the relations between KO-groups and Spin-cobordisms and between K-groups and Spin${}^c$-cobordisms. Global symmetries related by such isomorphism are eventually gauged. By combining K-theory and cobordism, we recover then tadpole cancellation conditions in type I string theory and F-theory from a bottom-up perspective.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Connective (K)-theory, cobordism (19L41) Miscellaneous applications of (K)-theory (19M05)

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