Twisted differential \(K\)-characters and D-branes

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2020.115169zbMath1472.81192arXiv2009.04223OpenAlexW3084246617MaRDI QIDQ822993

Fabio Ferrari Ruffino, Juan Carlos Rocha Barriga

Publication date: 24 September 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04223

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Nonabelian homological algebra (category-theoretic aspects) (18G50) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Homological methods in functional analysis (exact sequences, right inverses, lifting, etc.) (46M18) Twisted (K)-theory; differential (K)-theory (19L50)

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