On Flux Quantization In M-Theory And The Effective Action

Edward Witten

doi:10.1016/S0393-0440(96)00042-3

On Flux Quantization In M-Theory And The Effective Action

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-04-07 v2

Authors: Edward Witten

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Abstract

The quantization law for the antisymmetric tensor field of $M$ -theory contains a gravitational contribution not known previously. When it is included, the low energy effective action of $M$ -theory, including one-loop and Chern-Simons contributions, is well-defined. The relation of $M$ -theory to the $E_8\times E_8$ heterotic string greatly facilitates the analysis.

Keywords

M-theory flux quantization effective action antisymmetric tensor Chern-Simons term heterotic string

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/9609122,
  title  = {On Flux Quantization In M-Theory And The Effective Action},
  author = {Edward Witten},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9609122},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

17 pp, harvmac; A correction and additional application have been added

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