Gerbes, M5-brane anomalies and E8 gauge theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2335-2356

  Aschieri, Paolo ^a,b,c   Jurčo, Branislav ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Chern Simons Theories; Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044439351     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/068     Document Type: Article

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