Topological structures in string theory

DOI10.1098/rsta.2001.0841zbMath1041.81094OpenAlexW1966632770WikidataQ56270327 ScholiaQ56270327MaRDI QIDQ4535274

Graeme B. Segal

Publication date: 13 June 2002

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2001.0841

zbMATH Keywords

surveynoncommutative geometry\(D\)-branes\(K\)-theorystring theorygerbestopological quantum field theorystring connectionstring backgroundsB-fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Topological (K)-theory (55N15)

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