Anomalies in String Theory with D-Branes
High Energy Physics - Theory
2011-09-28 v2 Differential Geometry
Abstract
We analyze global anomalies for elementary Type II strings in the presence of D-branes. Global anomaly cancellation gives a restriction on the D-brane topology. This restriction makes possible the interpretation of D-brane charge as an element of K-theory.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9907189,
title = {Anomalies in String Theory with D-Branes},
author = {Daniel S. Freed and Edward Witten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9907189},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
39 pages, 2 figures; revised version adds a reference