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Six-dimensional gauge theories and (twisted) generalized cohomology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-08-23 v1 Algebraic Topology K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We consider the global aspects of the 6-dimensional N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1, 0) theory arising from the coupling of the vector multiplet to the tensor multiplet. We show that the Yang-Mills field and its dual, when both are abelianized, combine to define a class in twisted cohomology with the twist arising from the class of the BB-field, in a duality-symmetric manner. We then show that this lifts naturally to a class in twisted (differential) K-theory. Alternatively, viewing the B-field in both N=(1,0)\mathcal{N}=(1,0) and N=(2,0)\mathcal{N}=(2,0) theories, not as a twist but as an invertible element, leads to a description within untwisted chromatic level two generalized cohomology theories, including forms of elliptic cohomology and Morava K-theory.

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@article{arxiv.1908.08517,
  title  = {Six-dimensional gauge theories and (twisted) generalized cohomology},
  author = {Hisham Sati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.08517},
  year   = {2019}
}

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15 pages