Normal bundles, Pfaffians and anomalies

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00177-2zbMath0976.81096arXivhep-th/9912214OpenAlexW3100860700WikidataQ64038581 ScholiaQ64038581MaRDI QIDQ5934861

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Publication date: 14 May 2001

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9912214

zbMATH Keywords

M-theorydiffeomorphism anomalyfive-braneresidual chiral anomaly

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) General theory of differentiable manifolds (58A99)

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