Global anomalies in M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 515, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 233-245

  Henningson, Måns ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anomalies; M theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032579620     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00003-0     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. [1] E. Witten, Global gravitational anomalies, Commun. Math. Phys. 100 (1985) 197.
2. [2] L. Alvarez-Gaumé and E. Witten, Gravitational anomalies, Nucl. Phys. B 234 (1983) 269.
3. [3] M.B. Green and J.H. Schwarz, Anomaly cancellations in D = 10 gauge theory and superstring theory, Phys. Lett. B 149 (1984) 117.
4. [4] P. Horava and E. Witten, Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions. Nucl. Phys. B 460 (1996) 506, hep-th/9510209; P. Horava and E. Witten, Eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary, Nucl. Phys. B 475 (1996) 94, hep-th/9603142.
5. [4] P. Horava and E. Witten, Heterotic and type I string dynamics from eleven dimensions. Nucl. Phys. B 460 (1996) 506, hep-th/9510209; P. Horava and E. Witten, Eleven-dimensional supergravity on a manifold with boundary, Nucl. Phys. B 475 (1996) 94, hep-th/9603142.
6. [5] S.P. de Alwis, Anomaly cancellation in M-theory, Phys. Lett. B 392 (1997) 332, hep-th/9609211.
7. [6] M. Duff, J. Liu and R. Minasian, Eleven-dimensional origin of string/string duality: a one loop test, Nucl. Phys. B 452 (1995) 261, hep-th/9506126.
8. [7] E. Witten, Five-brane effective action in M-theory, hep-th/9610234.
9. [8] S.P. de Alwis, Couplings of branes and normalization of effective actions in string/M-theory, hep-th/9705139.
10. [9] E. Cremmer, B. Julia and J. Scherk, Supergravity theory in 11 dimensions, Phys. Lett. B 76 (1978) 409.
11. [10] E. Witten, On flux quantization in M-theory and the effective action, hep-th/9609122.
12. [11] L. Alvarez-Gaumé, S. Della Pietra and G. Moore, Anomalies and odd dimensions. Ann. Phys. 163 (1985) 288.
13. [12] T. Eguchi, P.B. Gilkey and A.J. Hanson, Gravitation, gauge theories and differential geometry, Phys. Rep. 66 (1980) 213.
14. [13] B. Zumino, Chiral anomalies and differential geometry, in Relativity, groups and topology II, ed. B.S. DeWitt and R. Stora (North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1984).
15. [14] L. Alvarez-Gaumé and P. Ginsparg, The structure of gauge and gravitational anomalies, Ann. Phys. 161 (1985) 423.
16. [15] C. Vafa and E. Witten, A one loop test of string duality, Nucl. Phys. B 447 (1995) 261, hep-th/9505053.
17. [16] M.F. Atiyah and I.M. Singer, Index of elliptic operators III, Ann. Math. 87 (1968) 546.
18. [17] E. Witten, Global anomalies, in Supersymmetry and its applications, ed. G.W. Gibbons, S.W. Hawking and P. K. Townsend (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1985).
19. [18] T.P. Killingback, Global anomalies, string theory and space-time topology, Class. Quant. Grav 5 (1988) 1169.
20. [19] E. Witten, Five-branes and M-theory on an orbifold, Nucl. Phys. B 463 (1996) 383, hep-th/9512219.