The M-theory 3-form and E8 gauge theory
| dc.creator | Diaconescu, Emanuel | |
| dc.creator | Freed, Daniel S. | |
| dc.creator | Moore, Gregory | |
| dc.date | 2003-12-05 | |
| dc.date | 2004-03-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T04:16:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T04:16:18Z | |
| dc.description | We give a precise formulation of the M-theory 3-form potential C in a fashion applicable to topologically nontrivial situations. In our model the 3-form is related to the Chern-Simons form of an E8 gauge field. This leads to a precise version of the Chern-Simons interaction of 11-dimensional supergravity on manifolds with and without boundary. As an application of the formalism we give a formula for the electric C-field charge, as an integral cohomology class, induced by self-interactions of the 3-form and by gravity. As further applications, we identify the M-theory Chern-Simons term as a cubic refinement of a trilinear form, we clarify the physical nature of Witten's global anomaly for 5-brane partition functions, we clarify the relation of M-theory flux quantization to K-theoretic quantization of RR charge, and we indicate how the formalism can be applied to heterotic M-theory. | |
| dc.description | 48pp. harvmac b-mode; v2: Several improvements added in response to the referee's comments. Typos fixed | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312069 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0312069 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/52298 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Theory | |
| dc.title | The M-theory 3-form and E8 gauge theory | |
| dc.type | text |