Anomaly cancellation in M-theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-30 v2
Abstract
We show the complete cancellation of gauge and gravitational anomalies in the M-theory of Horava and Witten using their boundary contribution, and a term coming from the existence of two and five-branes. A factor of three discrepancy noted in an earlier work is resolved. We end with a comment on flux quantization.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9609211,
title = {Anomaly cancellation in M-theory},
author = {S. P. de Alwis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9609211},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
5 pages, Latex, typos corrected, minor notation change in eq. (0.7). Version to be published in Phys. Lett. B