Normal Bundles, Pfaffians and Anomalies
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We deal with the problem of diffeomorphism anomaly in theories with branes. In particular we thoroughly analyze the problem of the residual chiral anomaly of a five-brane immersed in M-theory, paying attention to its global formulation in the five-brane world-volume. We conclude that the anomaly can be canceled by a {\it local} counterterm in the five-brane world-volume.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912214,
title = {Normal Bundles, Pfaffians and Anomalies},
author = {L. Bonora and M. Rinaldi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912214},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, Latex, sign convention changed, typos corrected