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On 7D TFT and 6D chiral CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We perform a canonical and BRST analysis of a seven-dimensional Chern-Simons theory on a manifold with boundary. The main result is that the 7D theory induces for consistency a chiral two-form on the 6D boundary. We also comment on similar behaviour in a five-dimensional Chern-Simons theory relevant for N=4\N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0206110,
  title  = {On 7D TFT and 6D chiral CFT},
  author = {Jens Fjelstad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0206110},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

10 pages, v2: we have learned that the main results appear already in hep-th/0108152, see added notes at end of paper

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