Type IIB string theory, S-duality, and generalized cohomology

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2005.02.016zbMATH Open1207.81127arXivhep-th/0410293OpenAlexW2002387953MaRDI QIDQ875808FDOQ875808

Authors: Igor Kriz, Hisham Sati 

Publication date: 16 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In the presence of background Neveu-Schwarz flux, the description of the Ramond-Ramond fields of type IIB string theory using twisted K-theory is not compatible with S-duality. We argue that other possible variants of twisted K-theory would still not resolve this issue. We propose instead a possible path to a solution using elliptic cohomology. We also discuss T-duality relation of this to a previous proposal for IIA theory, and higher-dimensional limits. In the process, we obtain some other results which may be interesting on their own. In particular, we prove a conjecture of Witten that the 11-dimensional spin cobordism group vanishes on K(Z,6), which eliminates a potential new theta-angle in type IIB string theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0410293

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Geometric applications of topological (K)-theory (19L64) Topological (K)-theory (55N15) Elliptic cohomology (55N34)

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