GEOMETRIC AND TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES RELATED TO M-BRANES II: TWISTED STRING AND STRINGCSTRUCTURES

DOI10.1017/S1446788711001261zbMath1217.81131arXiv1007.5419MaRDI QIDQ3011600

Hisham Sati

Publication date: 29 June 2011

Published in: Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5419

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) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Spin and Spin({}^c) geometry (53C27) Generalized (extraordinary) homology and cohomology theories in algebraic topology (55N20) Generalizations of fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R65)

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