Anomaly cancellation in M-theory: a critical review

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.10.002zbMath1097.81707arXivhep-th/0307152OpenAlexW2003155636MaRDI QIDQ1414546

Steffen Metzger, Adel Bilal

Publication date: 23 November 2003

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307152

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons termheterotic stringtopological terms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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