B fields from a Luddite perspective
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-08-23 v1
Abstract
In this talk we discuss the geometric realization of B fields and higher p-form potentials on a manifold M as connections on affine bundles over M. We realize D branes on M as special submanifolds of these affine bundles. As an application of this geometric understanding of the B field, we give a simple geometric explanation for the Chern-Simons modification of the field strength of the B field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0401099,
title = {B fields from a Luddite perspective},
author = {Mark A. Stern},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0401099},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
7 pages. From a talk given at the 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries (QTS3)