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Twisted K-theory and K-theory of bundle gerbes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

In this note we introduce the notion of bundle gerbe K-theory and investigate the relation to twisted K-theory. We provide some examples. Possible applications of bundle gerbe K-theory to the classification of D-brane charges in non-trivial backgrounds are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0106194,
  title  = {Twisted K-theory and K-theory of bundle gerbes},
  author = {P. Bouwknegt and A. L. Carey and V. Mathai and M. K. Murray and D. Stevenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0106194},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

29 pages, corrected typos, added references, included new section on twisted Chern character in non-torsion case