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Twisted K-Theory from Monodromies

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

RR fluxes representing different cohomology classes may correspond to the same twisted K-theory class. We argue that such fluxes are related by monodromies, generalizing and sometimes T-dual to the familiar monodromies of a D7-brane. A generalized theta angle is also transformed, but changes by a multiple of 2pi. As an application, NS5-brane monodromies modify the twisted K-theory classification of fluxes. Furthermore, in the noncompact case K-theory does not distinguish flux configurations in which dG is nontrivial in compactly supported cohomology. Such fluxes are realized as the decay products of unstable D-branes that wrapped nontrivial cycles. This is interpreted using the E8 bundle formalism.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0302081,
  title  = {Twisted K-Theory from Monodromies},
  author = {Jarah Evslin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0302081},
  year   = {2009}
}

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24 Pages, 6 eps figures

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