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Supersymmetric WZW models and twisted K-theory of SO(3)

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-10-10 v2 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We present an encompassing treatment of D-brane charges in supersymmetric SO(3) WZW models. There are two distinct supersymmetric CFTs at each even level: the standard bosonic SO(3) modular invariant tensored with free fermions, as well as a novel twisted model. We calculate the relevant twisted K-theories and find complete agreement with the CFT analysis of D-brane charges. The K-theoretical computation in particular elucidates some important aspects of N=1 supersymmetric WZW models on non-simply connected Lie groups.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0403287,
  title  = {Supersymmetric WZW models and twisted K-theory of SO(3)},
  author = {Volker Braun and Sakura Schafer-Nameki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0403287},
  year   = {2011}
}

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LaTeX, 26 pages. v2: overall k+1 fixed, conclusions unchanged. References added