Classifying A-field and B-field configurations in the presence of D-branes

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/078zbMATH Open1329.53043arXiv0810.4291OpenAlexW3098363423WikidataQ64038563 ScholiaQ64038563MaRDI QIDQ905554FDOQ905554

Authors: Fabio Ferrari Ruffino, Raffaele Savelli, L. Bonora 

Publication date: 20 January 2016

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

Abstract: We "solve" the Freed-Witten anomaly equation, i.e., we find a geometrical classification of the B-field and A-field configurations in the presence of D-branes that are anomaly-free. The mathematical setting being provided by the geometry of gerbes, we find that the allowed configurations are jointly described by a coset of a certain hypercohomology group. We then describe in detail various cases that arise according to such classification. As is well-known, only under suitable hypotheses the A-field turns out to be a connection on a canonical gauge bundle. However, even in these cases, there is a residual freedom in the choice of the bundle, naturally arising from the hypercohomological description. For a B-field which is flat on a D-brane, fractional or irrational charges of subbranes naturally appear; for a suitable gauge choice, they can be seen as arising from "gauge bundles with not integral Chern class": we give a precise geometric interpretation of these objects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.4291

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric aspects of gerbes and differential characters (53C08) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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