Twisted topological structures related to M-branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-10-18 v2 Algebraic Topology
Differential Geometry
Abstract
Studying the M-branes leads us naturally to new structures that we call Membrane-, Membrane^c-, String^K(Z,3)- and Fivebrane^K(Z,4)-structures, which we show can also have twisted counterparts. We study some of their basic properties, highlight analogies with structures associated with lower levels of the Whitehead tower of the orthogonal group, and demonstrate the relations to M-branes.
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@article{arxiv.1008.1755,
title = {Twisted topological structures related to M-branes},
author = {Hisham Sati},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.1755},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
17 pages, title changed on referee's request, minor changes to improve presentation, typos corrected