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Notes on discrete torsion in orientifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-03-28 v2

Abstract

In this short note we discuss discrete torsion in orientifolds. In particular, we apply the physical understanding of discrete torsion worked out several years ago, as group actions on B fields, to the case of orientifolds, and recover some old results of Braun and Stefanski concerning group cohomology and twisted equivariant K theory. We also derive new results including phase factors for nonorientable worldsheets and analogues for C fields.

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@article{arxiv.0908.0087,
  title  = {Notes on discrete torsion in orientifolds},
  author = {E. Sharpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.0087},
  year   = {2011}
}

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28 pages; v2: references added

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