Orientifold Precis
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-08-19 v2 Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
Abstract
We give a precise and concise formulation of the orientifold construction in Type II superstring theory. Our results include anomaly cancellation on the worldsheet and a spacetime computation of the background Ramond-Ramond charge.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0906.0795,
title = {Orientifold Precis},
author = {Jacques Distler and Daniel S. Freed and Gregory W. Moore},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.0795},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
11 pages; small modifications/corrections/additions in v2 as well as added "dependency chart"