The geometry of M5-branes and TQFTs

DOI10.1016/S0393-0440(01)00010-9zbMath1018.81039arXivhep-th/0012075OpenAlexW3105584888WikidataQ64038515 ScholiaQ64038515MaRDI QIDQ5959626

Giulio Bonelli

Publication date: 2 September 2003

Published in: Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0012075

zbMATH Keywords

Calabi-Yau manifoldsmoduli spacesstringsbraneselliptic genus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27) Topological field theories in quantum mechanics (81T45) Relationships between surfaces, higher-dimensional varieties, and physics (14J81) Elliptic genera (58J26)

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