On the Geometry on Antisymmetric Fields
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The geometry of antisymmetric fields with nontrivial transitions over a base manifold is described in terms of exact sequences of cohomology groups. This formulation leads naturally to the appearance of nontrivial topological charges associated to the periods of the curvature of the antisymmetric fields. The relation between the partition functions of dual theories is carefully studied under the most general assumptions, and new topological factors related to zero modes and the Ray Singer torsion are found.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9711122,
title = {On the Geometry on Antisymmetric Fields},
author = {M. I. Caicedo and I. Martin and A. Restuccia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9711122},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
13 pages, latex, no figures