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 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 -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 and 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