M Theory, Type IIA Superstrings, and Elliptic Cohomology

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dc.creatorKriz, Igor
dc.creatorSati, Hisham
dc.date2004-04-02
dc.date2004-09-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:16:47Z
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dc.descriptionThe topological part of the M-theory partition function was shown by Witten to be encoded in the index of an E8 bundle in eleven dimensions. This partition function is, however, not automatically anomaly-free. We observe here that the vanishing W_7=0 of the Diaconescu-Moore-Witten anomaly in IIA and compactified M-theory partition function is equivalent to orientability of spacetime with respect to (complex-oriented) elliptic cohomology. Motivated by this, we define an elliptic cohomology correction to the IIA partition function, and propose its relationship to interaction between 2-branes and 5-branes in the M-theory limit.
dc.description51 pages, latex2e, typos corrected. Published version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404013
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404013
dc.identifierAdv.Theor.Math.Phys. 8 (2004) 345-395
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/52500
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAlgebraic Topology
dc.titleM Theory, Type IIA Superstrings, and Elliptic Cohomology
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