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Global worldsheet anomalies from M-theory
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We present an M-theory proof of the anomaly of Freed and Witten which in general shifts the quantisation law for the U(1) gauge field on a D6-brane. The derivation requires an understanding of how fields on the D6-brane lift to M-theory, together with a localisation formula which we prove using a U(1)-index theorem. We also show how the anomaly is related to the K-theory classification of Ramond-Ramond fields. In addition we discuss the M-theory origin of the D6-brane effective action, and il...
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- Journal:
- JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 8
- Pages:
- 969-989
- Publication date:
- 2004-08-01
- ISSN:
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1029-8479
- Source identifiers:
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2003
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- English
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2004
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