The Euler characteristic and the first Chern number in the covariant phase space formulation of string theory

DOI10.1063/1.1635066zbMath1070.53047arXivmath-ph/0404004OpenAlexW3099704012MaRDI QIDQ4833313

R. Cartas-Fuentevilla

Publication date: 15 December 2004

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0404004

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80)

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Cites Work

• Towards a covariant canonical formulation for closed topological defects without boundaries
• Second-order Lagrangian and symplectic current for gravitationally perturbed Dirac-Goto-Nambu strings and branes
• Open strings with topologically inspired boundary conditions

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