Twisted Cohomotopy implies twisted String structure on M5-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2021-04-13 v2 Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
math.MP
Abstract
We show that charge-quantization of the M-theory C-field in J-twisted Cohomotopy implies emergence of a higher Sp(1)-gauge field on single heterotic M5-branes, which exhibits worldvolume twisted String structure.
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@article{arxiv.2002.11093,
title = {Twisted Cohomotopy implies twisted String structure on M5-branes},
author = {Domenico Fiorenza and Hisham Sati and Urs Schreiber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.11093},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
13 pages; v2 has more background and explanations added, to appear in JMP