Abstract
We consider the hypothesis that the C-field 4-flux and 7-flux forms in M-theory are in the image of the non-abelian Chern character map from the non-abelian generalized cohomology theory called J-twisted Cohomotopy theory. We prove for M2-brane backgrounds in M-theory on 8-manifolds that such charge quantization of the C-field in Cohomotopy theory implies a list of expected anomaly cancellation conditions, including: shifted C-field flux quantization and C-field tadpole cancellation, but also the DMW anomaly cancellation and the C-field’s integral equation of motion.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1961-2025 |
Number of pages | 65 |
Journal | Communications In Mathematical Physics |
Volume | 377 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2020 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics